Film in the Anthropocene
Philosophy, Ecology, and Cybernetics| By: | Daniel White |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9783319930145 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783319930152 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2018 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of film in the context of the Anthropocene: the new geological era in which human beings have collectively become a force of nature. Daniel White draws on perspectives in philosophy, ecology, and cybernetics (the science of communication and control in animals and machines) to explore human self-understanding through film in the new era. The classical figure of Janus, looking both to the future and the past, serves as a guide throughout the study. Both feature and documentary films are considered.