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Chronic Insomnia
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Dead Man Walking
Deferential Wife
Dionysian Frenzy
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Epistemic Structure
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Features Consideration
Fight Club
Genre Horror
Genre Romantic Comedy
Harry Met Sally
helena
Hoi Polloi
Intention Consideration
Marla Singer
masculinity studies
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Modern Moral Order
narrative ethics
Nietzsche 1967a
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Project Mayhem
Recognition Self-respect
Romantic Comedy
Sentimental Confusion
Subjective Shot
Subjectively Inflected
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Typical Romantic Comedy
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Visual Perspective
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415781886
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 Sep 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Released in 1999, Fight Club is David Fincher’s popular adaption of Chuck Palahniuk’s cult novel, and one of the most philosophically rich films of recent years. This is the first book to explore the varied philosophical aspects of the film. Beginning with an introduction by the editor that places the film and essays in context, each chapter explores a central theme of Fight Club from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include:
- Fight Club, Plato’s cave and Descartes’ cogito
- moral disintegration
- identity, gender and masculinity
- visuals and narration.
Including annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, Fight Club is essential reading for anyone interested in the film, as well as those studying philosophy and film studies.
Thomas E. Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, USA. He is author of the Routledge book Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy (2007), Existentialism: A Beginner’s Guide (2008), and Big Ideas for Little Kids: Teaching Philosophy Through Children’s Literature (2009). He is editor (with Cynthia Freeland) of Philosophy and Film (1995), also available from Routledge.
