{"product_id":"immanent-frames-john-caruana-9781438470160","title":"Immanent Frames: Postsecular Cinema Between Malick and Von Trier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores a growing number of films and filmmakers that challenge the strict boundaries between belief and unbelief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor some time now, thinkers across the humanities and social sciences have increasingly called into question the once-dominant view of the relationship between modernity and secularism, prompting some to speak of a \"postsecular turn.\" Until now, film studies has largely been silent about this development, even though cinema itself has been a major vehicle for such reflection. This fact became inescapable in 2011 when Terrence Malick's \u003ci\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and Lars von Trier's \u003ci\u003eMelancholia\u003c\/i\u003e were released within days of each other. While these two audacious and controversial films present seemingly opposite perspectives-the former a thoughtful meditation on faith, the latter a portrayal of nontriumphalist atheism-together they raise critical questions about transcendence and immanence in modern life. These films are, however, only the most conspicuous of a growing body of works that call forth similar and related questions-what this collection aptly calls \"postsecular cinema.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the nearly simultaneous release of \u003ci\u003eThe Tree of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMelancholia\u003c\/i\u003e as its starting point and framing device, this pioneering collection sets out to establish the idea of postsecular cinema as a distinct body of films and a viable critical category. Adopting a film-philosophy approach, one group of essays examines Malick's and von Trier's films, while another looks at works by Chantal Akerman, Denys Arcand, the Dardenne brothers, and John Michael McDonagh, among others. The volume closes with two important interviews with Luc Dardenne and Jean-Luc Nancy that invite us to reflect more deeply on some of the central concerns of postsecular cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Caruana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438470169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438470160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"John Caruana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49162394140927,"sku":"9781438470160","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/immanent-frames-john-caruana-9781438470160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}