Film in the Anthropocene : Philosophy, Ecology, and Cybernetics
ISBN: 9783319930152
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Springer International Publishing AG
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Subjects: Fine Arts; Philosophy;

This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of film in the context of the Anthropocene: the new geological era in which human beings have collectively become a force of nature. Daniel White draws on perspectives in philosophy, ecology, and cybernetics (the science of communication and control in animals and machines) to explore human self-understanding through film in the new era. The classical figure of Janus, looking both to the future and the past, serves as a guide throughout the study. Both feature and documentary films are considered.


Daniel White is Professor Emeritus and founding faculty member of the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University.

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