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A fascinating and philosophically provocative exploration of cinema's power to 'restore belief in the world', focusing not only on Deleuze's account of modern cinema but drawing on Nancy and Cavell as well. - Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia

Josef Fruchtl's book is a thoughtful addition to the ever-growing field of film and philosophy . . . This is a serious, ambitious, complex, and intriguing exploration of how the cinema offers to so many viewers an answer to skepticism. - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews A fascinating and philosophically provocative exploration of cinema's power to 'restore belief in the world', focusing not only on Deleuze's account of modern cinema but drawing on Nancy and Cavell as well. - Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia

"""Josef Früchtl's book is a thoughtful addition to the ever-growing field of film and philosophy . . . This is a serious, ambitious, complex, and intriguing exploration of how the cinema offers to so many viewers an answer to skepticism."" – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews ""A fascinating and philosophically provocative exploration of cinema’s power to ‘restore belief in the world’, focusing not only on Deleuze’s account of modern cinema but drawing on Nancy and Cavell as well."" – Robert Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University, Australia"

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Josef Früchtl is Professor of Philosophy of Art and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His major research interests are aesthetics, especially the relationship between aesthetics and ethics, theories of modernity, critical theory, and the philosophy of film. He is the author of The Impertinent Self: A Heroic History of Modernity (2009).

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