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Joseph Kupfer
This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.
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Joseph H. Kupfer
Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film is a highly readable and timely analysis of the intersection of two recent cinematic trends in martial arts films: aesthetic violence and warrior women.
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Taking as his base a classical conception of virtue and vice, Joseph H. Kupfer offers an in-depth examination of Groundhog Day, The African Queen, Parenthood, Rob Roy, Fresh, Jaws, and…
Joseph Kupfer removes aesthetics from the exclusive province of museums, concert halls, and the periphery of human interests to reveal the impact of aesthetic experience on daily living. He combines…
This book makes a distinctive contribution to the growing discussion of autonomy. As the ability to determine one’s life in both thought and action, autonomy is foundational among our many…
The virtues and vices examined in Prostitutes, Musicians, and Self-Respect pervade and govern daily life, refer to our own person, and involve strong emotions. Kupfer analyzes such character traits as…
This book addresses a prominent group of virtues and vices as portrayed in popular films to further our understanding of these moral character traits. The discussions emphasize the interplay between…
Popular films can do more than merely entertain us; they can contribute to our understanding of human nature and the ethical theory that is meant to inform it. This book…
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Joseph H. Kupfer (Iowa State University, USA)
Daniel Joseph (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Die Suche nach der Wahrheit bezuglich Gott, dem Menschen und das Wesen der Wirklichkeit ist vielleicht das groesste Unterfangen, dessen man sich wahrend seines Lebens unterziehen kann. Es ist ein…
