Presenting a panoptic collection of essays transcribed from presentations made by numerous acclaimed filmmakers, cinema critics, and academics. This book aims to equip interested students with the tools and skills necessary to explore cinema as a serious subject of study as well as a flourishing art form. Cinema is an entertainment but it can mean so much more to those with the desire to learn. An art form that emerged from a history abounded with change, the essays explore the past and present of filmmaking with an inkling of what is to come.
On that account, this book is recommended as an essential reading for students of film studies and film appreciation across schools, colleges, and universities, as well as for the public at large.
RUPLEKHA KHULLAR taught philosophy at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various colleges of the University of Delhi and at the Department of Philosophy, South Campus, Delhi. She has retired and lives in Gurugram, NCR, India. Her areas of interest continue to encompass feminism, philosophy of law, philosophy of film and western analytic philosophy.
SULAGNA PAL is currently pursuing her PhD in war ethics from the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, India. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. She has an MPhil degree in the area of environmental ethics. Ms Paul's areas of interest include ethics, meta-ethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, Buddhism, and philosophy of religion.
FORMAL education which centres around classroom teaching, textbooks, information gathering, and examinations, aims at certain standard learning outcomes- intellectual development, knowledge gain, skill acquisition, and preparations for earning a livelihood. However, formal education allows little scope for self-exploration, innovation, or the dynamic experience of sharing knowledge. It is thus not a means suited for instilling other life-sustaining values that allow a person to grow to their full potential. It is powerless in helping people cultivate their sensibilities or reform their attitudes, nor helpful in acquiring a sense of identity and finding cultural roots-all of which are integral to stable mental health. Art fosters good energy. It provides creative satisfaction and is a great mode of finding solace and comfort. It makes the youth deeply appreciative of the positive aspects of life and sensitises them towards other humans. This sensitivity in turn helps young people hone their interpersonal skills and organise their behavioural responses in a balanced manner.
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