The Techne of Giving: Cinema and the Generous Form of Life

Author/Contributor(s):	Campbell, Timothy C
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Date:	01/02/2017
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In The Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving.