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The Films of Lars von Trier and Philosophy

Provocations and Engagements

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Editors:
  1. José A. Haro

    1. Department of Social Sciences Human Services and Criminal Justice, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, New York, USA

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  2. William H. Koch

    1. Department of Academic Literacy and Linguistics, Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York, New York, USA

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  • Explores the relationship between philosophy and cinema, through the work of Lars von Trier
  • Written for scholars and students of Philosophical Psychology, Social Theory, Political Theory, Theories of the Self, Philosophy of Race, and Feminist Thought
  • Offers an array of diverse voices and philosophical perspectives

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Provocation to Philosophy

    • William H. Koch
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Ass I Kick Today May Be the Ass I’ll Have to Kiss Tomorrow: What’s Up with the Sacrifice of Women in the Films of Lars von Trier?

    • S. West Gurley
    Pages 7-17

  4. Film as Phantasm: Dogville’s Cinematic Re-evaluation of Values

    • Rebecca A. Longtin
    Pages 19-35

  5. Manderlay and the Universe of American Whiteness

    • José A. Haro
    Pages 37-46

  6. Art and Myth: Beyond Binaries

    • Susanne Claxton
    Pages 47-61

  7. The Need of the Antichrist to Tame the Wild Tongue of Nosotras

    • Rosario Torres-Guevara
    Pages 63-77

  8. Lars von Trier: Traversing the Fantasy of the Child

    • William H. Koch
    Pages 79-90

  9. Melancholia’s End

    • Timothy Holland
    Pages 91-101

  10. Would It Be Bad If the Human Race Ceased to Exist? Melancholia and the Import of Human Existence

    • Hans Pedersen
    Pages 103-116

  11. It Is There in the Beginning: Melancholia, Time, and Death

    • Jessica S. Elkayam
    Pages 117-132

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 133-141
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The films of Lars von Trier offer unique opportunities for thinking deeply about how Philosophy and Cinema speak to one another. The book addresses von Trier’s films in order of their release. The earlier chapters discuss his Golden Heart trilogy and USA: Land of Opportunities series by addressing issues of potential misogyny, ethical critique, and racial justice. The later chapters focus on his Depression Trilogy and address the undermining of gender binaries, the psychoanalytic meaning of the sacrifice of children and depression, and philosophical questions provoked by the depiction of the end of the world. Taken together, the volume explores the topics of Philosophical Psychology, Social Theory, Political Theory, Theories of the Self, Philosophy of Race, and Feminist Thought, and opens a conversation about von Trier’s important work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences Human Services and Criminal Justice, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, New York, USA

    José A. Haro

  • Department of Academic Literacy and Linguistics, Borough of Manhattan Community College City University of New York, New York, USA

    William H. Koch

About the editors

José A. Haro is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Social Sciences, Human Services and Criminal Justice at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), USA.

William H. Koch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Academic Literacy and Linguistics at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), USA.


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