{"product_id":"film-negation-and-freedom-will-kitchen-9798765105542","title":"Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilm, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique\u003c\/i\u003e explores cinema in relation to the critical tradition in modern philosophy and its heritage in Romantic aesthetics. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSynthesising a variety of discursive fields and traditions - including Early German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory and the aesthetic philosophy of Jacques Rancière - \u003ci\u003eFilm, Negation and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e outlines a radical new approach to film by re-examining the work of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson. A distinction between Light and Dark Romanticism is introduced as a means of interpreting cinema's relationship with capitalism, as well as dualistic concepts such as stillness and motion, passivity and activity, pain and pleasure. \u003ci\u003eFilm, Negation and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e revitalises our understanding of modern audio-visual media, as well as the aesthetic, philosophical and political conditions of Romantic subjectivity, artistic practice and spectatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Will Kitchen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765105542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Will Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487314030847,"sku":"9798765105542","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e6694b8-bce4-43d9-9963-0f8ded01a2d1.jpg?v=1778059727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/film-negation-and-freedom-will-kitchen-9798765105542","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}