Cosmos and Camus science fiction film and the absurd / Shai Tubali.
| Author/creator | Tubali, Shy |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Camus' absurd and science-fiction film: A potential point of convergence? -- Camus' absurd: Consciousness and limits. The redemptive power of absurd walls in The Stranger -- "If I were a tree": Facing the limits of human existence in The Myth of Sisyphus -- "A strange form of love": Responding to the limits of human existence in The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel -- Science-fiction films: Absurd at the edge of the cosmos. When the silent universe speaks: Applying Camus' absurd to the alien encounters of Contact and Arrival -- Dreams of the impossible: Applying Camus' absurd to the human/machine relations of A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Her -- The strangers: Reflections on the interrelations between Camus' absurd and sci-fi encounters with nonhumans. |
| Abstract | "Over the last two decades, many philosophers have been increasingly inclined to consider science fiction films as philosophical exercises that center on the nature of human consciousness and existence. Albert Camus' philosophy of the absurd, however, has almost never been employed as a constructive perspective that can illumine unexplored aspects of these films. This is surprising, since science fiction films seem to be packed with visions and dialogues that echo the Sisyphean universe. Cosmos and Camus endeavors to set foot on this uncharted terrain. Its first part aims to introduce the main components of Camus' absurdity in such a way that it can be easily applied to the analysis of the films later. Equipped with these Camusean essentials, it delves into an in-depth analysis of two first-encounter films (Contact and Arrival) and two AI films (A.I. and Her). These analyses yield more than an insightful reflection of the absurd contents in science-fiction film. Indeed, imaginative collisions with nonhumans seem to tell us a lot about the nature of the absurd in the human condition, as well as raising the question of whether absurdity is exclusively a human matter. Ultimately, the interpretation of the films illuminates the films themselves just as much as it illuminates, challenges, and expands Camus' concept of absurdity, thus contributing to our current understanding of what the absurd reality is and how we can either live with it or transcend it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Tubali, Shy. Cosmos and Camus Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2020. 9781789976649 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020004411 |
| ISBN | 9781789976670 (mobi) |
| ISBN | 9781789976656 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781789976663 (epub) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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