Name: Eric Rohmer: Filmmaker and Philosopher (Philosophical Filmmakers)
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Author: Costica Bradatan
ISBN: 9781474221122

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Eric Rohmer: Filmmaker and Philosopher (Philosophical Filmmakers)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vittorio Hösle

Illustrated by

Costica Bradatan

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.4 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm

Weight

0.3

ISBN13

9781474221122

Synopsis "Eric Rohmer: Filmmaker and Philosopher (Philosophical Filmmakers)"

Rohmer is one of the most popular French directors of the second half of the 20th century, one of the members of the famous Nouvelle Vague that reconstituted French cinema based on the theoretical principles articulated in the Cahiers du Cinéma - from whose editorship he was fired when the conservative Catholic opposed its turn toward politicization. Like some of his colleagues, Rohmer is extremely interested in both the history and the philosophy of film: Brother of the noted French philosopher René Scherer, he begins his career as a film critic In his films, deep moral conflicts as well as the search for one's own identity emerge from the intricacies of seemingly superficial everyday life interactions, particularly between a man and a woman. Hösle's book puts Rohmer in the context of a long French tradition of reflected eroticism, with Marivaux, Musset, Stendhal, and Jean Renoir as crucial figures, and shows how Rohmer both recognizes the inner logic of eroticism and subjects it to moral demands that he inherits from his Catholic background. For Rohmer, the tension between the two can usually only be solved by some unexpected event that can be interpreted as an equivalent of grace.

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Costică Brădăţan es un filósofo y ensayista rumano, reconocido por su enfoque humanista y existencial en torno al fracaso, la muerte y la condición humana. Profesor de Humanidades en la Universidad Tecnológica de Texas y editor colaborador de The New York Times, su pensamiento combina rigor académico con una narrativa accesible, que invita a reflexionar sobre los límites de la razón y el valor de la vulnerabilidad. Ha sido también profesor visitante en universidades de prestigio como Princeton y Harvard, consolidándose como una voz influyente en la filosofía contemporánea.

Entre sus obras más destacadas se encuentra Elogio del fracaso (título original: In Praise of Failure), donde examina la dimensión ética del error y la caída como caminos hacia la autenticidad. Brădăţan se caracteriza por unir el ensayo filosófico con una mirada literaria y profundamente humana, explorando cómo la imperfección puede convertirse en una forma de sabiduría y libertad.

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