Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy

By Dean Kowalski

Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts

Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118585607
• ISBN13: 9781118585603
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.6"