Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy
8 Page-Barbour Lectures

Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy

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Robert B. Pippin
Robert B. Pippin
2012 • 136 pages

This book reveals the ways in which American film noir explore the declining credibility of individuals as causal centers of agency, and how we live with the acknowledgment of such limitations.

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Page-Barbour Lectures

Page-Barbour Lectures is a 8-book series with 8 released primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Ian Hacking, Freeman Dyson, and William Labov.

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