Of Elephants and Toothaches. Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue'

Tytuł:

Of Elephants and Toothaches. Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue'

Autorzy:

Eva Badowska, Francesca Parmeggiani

Wydawca:

Fordham University Press

Wydanie:

New York 2016

Liczba stron:

253

Opis

This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle’s deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kieślowski as a major international director.

Kieślowski once said, "Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way." Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle’s quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kieślowski’s cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.

Fragmenty / recenzje

Spis treści

Introduction: "Within unrest, there is always a question"
EVA BADOWSKA AND FRANCESCA PARMEGGIANI 1

Rules and Virtues: The Moral Insight of The Decalogue
WILLIAM JAWORSKI   15

Tablets of Stone, Tablets of Flesh: Synesthetic Appeal in The Decalogue
JOSEPH G. KICKASOLA   30

Decalogue One: Witnessing a Responsible Ethics of Response from a Jewish Perspective
MOSHE GOLD   51

Visual Reverberations: Decalogue Two and Decalogue Eight
EVA M. STADLER   80

Remember the Sabbath Day, to Keep It Holy: Decalogue Three
JOSEPH W. KOTERSKI, S.J.   95

Decalogue Four: The Mother up in Smoke, or "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother"
GABRIELLA RIPA DI MEANA   108

Decalogue Five: A Short Film about Killing, Sin, and Community
MICHAEL BAUR   122

States of Exception: Politics and Poetics in Decalogue Six
EVA BADOWSKA   140

Decalogue Seven: A Tale of Love, Failing Words, and Moving Images
FRANCESCA PARMEGGIANI   165

Decalogue Eight: Childhood, Emotion, and the Shoah
EMMA WILSON   181

Divine Possession: Metaphysical Covetousness in Decalogue Nine
PHILIP SICKER   197

Laughter Makes Good Neighbors: Sociability and the Comic in Decalogue Ten
REGINA SMALL   216

Acknowledgments   231

List of Contributors   233

Index   237

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