Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power: Deleuze via Blanchot

This book explores the ideas that influenced Deleuze's thought, combining Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, and proposes a new definition of art as that which reverses the realities and truths of power to express obscure ideas and values beyond our exterior and interior worlds.

Format: Hardback
Length: 344 pages
Publication date: 10 February 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This book offers a comprehensive and innovative exploration of the ideas that shaped Deleuze's thought, leading up to and throughout his cinema volumes. By drawing upon the works of Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, Eugene Brent Young proposes a fresh perspective on art, challenging traditional definitions. He delves into Blanchot's notion that art and dream exist beyond the realm of power, as imagination lacks both reality and truth. Young also examines Foucault's theory that power shapes knowledge by valuing life, and how these concepts relate to Deleuze's philosophy of time and his collaboration with Guattari on art. Through the use of case studies from literature and popular film, including Kafka's "Castle," Villeneuve's "Arrival," and Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut," Young demonstrates how these ideas can be applied to interpret and analyze works of art. This book provides valuable insights for scholars and enthusiasts of literary and cinematic studies, offering a new definition of art as a means of expressing obscure ideas and values that transcend our external and internal worlds.

Weight: 676g
Dimension: 164 x 242 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350176096