期刊名称：Cinema : Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image
电子版ISSN：1647-8991
出版年度：2017
期号：9
页码：152-155
出版社：New University of Lisbon
摘要：Whereas politics and art are fundamental categories of everyday experience, philosophyprovides a critical lens through which politics and art come into deep focus. The Philosophyof Spike Lee follows a similar vein, providing thoughtful and in-depth readings of Lee’sartistry and the ways in which it hosts subject matter pertinent to contemporary issueswithin pop culture, identity politics, and discrimination. This book is unique because ofthe way it addresses deep structures of racism, sexism, and violence through thecinematic form, which are so often neutralized in critiques of Lee via hasty acts ofmoralization and vies for political correctness. Although there’s no doubt that Spike Lee’sname is forever synonymous with controversy, the content of this book demonstrates adifferent approach to Lee through a philosophical lens; by deploying figures from Plato toHeidegger and beyond, the book extrapolates a philosophical texture from Lee’s oeuvre,collecting perspectives on his aesthetic that have been in high demand and yet seeminglyinaccessible.
