{"product_id":"9783030673369","title":"Palgrave Film Studies and Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Film Studies and Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLaine, Tarja\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmotional Ethics of The Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e expands the ‘ethical turn’ in Film Studies by analysing emotions as a source of ethical knowledge in \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e films. It argues that emotions, incorporated in the thematic and aesthetic organization of these films, reflect a crisis in moral standards. As such they cultivate ethical attitudes towards such phenomena as totalitarianism, the culture of reality television, and the society of spectacle. The focus of the argument is on cinematic aesthetics, which expresses emotions in a way that highlights their ethical significance, running the gamut from fear through guilt and shame, to love, anger and contempt. The central claim of the book is that these emotions are symptomatic of some moral conflict, which renders \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e franchise a meaningful commentary on the affective practice of cinematic ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘’The Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e movies have become iconic symbols for resistance across the globe. Tarja Laine proposes that this is not caused by their status as exciting cinematic spectacles, but by their engaging our emotions. Laine uses \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e as key texts for understanding our world, demonstrating that ethics do not originate from rational considerations, far removed from those mucky things called emotions. But rather that emotions are at the core of cinematic ethics.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWilliam Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, Author of\u003ci\u003e Supercinema: Film-Philosophy for the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘’In this elegantly written exploration of the relationship between aesthetics and emotion in \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, Tarja Laine illuminates the power of film to embody ethical conflict. Deftly interweaving film-philosophy and close analysis, Laine traces how these films mobilise complex emotions, nuancing our thinking about cinema and the spectator. Laine’s book takes \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e films seriously, demonstrating with verve why they matter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCatherine Wheatley, \u003c\/b\u003eSenior Lecturer in Film Studies, King’s College London, UK\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e''In this fresh, engaging, and insightful study of \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e film trilogy, Tarja Laine explores the crucial role that emotions play in appreciation of the ethical qualities of the movies. She forges productive dialogues between a range of film theory, scholarship on moral philosophy, and debates on ethics, as she performs a multi-layered investigation of the aesthetic qualities of the trilogy, the multiple emotions embodied in these qualities, and the philosophical-ethical insights that are in turn embedded in these emotions. The cinematic connection between emotions and ethics that emerges through Laine’s detailed textual analyses confronts us with complex moral dilemmas while enriching our aesthetic experience.'' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSarah Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor, Film Studies Department, King's College London,  UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2022-05-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030673369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-67334-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 196\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385341141132,"sku":"9783030673369","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030673369.jpg?v=1776012207","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030673369","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}