Bong Joon Ho
philosopher and filmmaker
$44.50
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
21 January 2026
Summary
Bong Joon Ho: A Philosophical Visionary
With the release of Parasite (2019), recipient of the Palme d’Or and an Academy Award for Best Picture, South Korean director, Bong Joon Ho, secured his place as one of his generation’s leading filmmakers. Yet while scholars and critics have long appreciated his penetrating critique of Korean society and global capitalism, his oeuvre has not been considered from a philosophical perspective. This book argues that his cinema is philosop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350414662 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350414662 |
| Series: | Philosophical Filmmakers |
| Author: | Anthony Curtis Adler |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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About The Author
Anthony Curtis Adler
Anthony Curtis Adler is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at Yonsei University’s Underwood International College, South Korea. His most recent books include Celebricities: Media Culture and the Phenomenology of Gadget Commodity Life (2016), and Politics and Truth in Hölderlin: ‘Hyperion’ and the Choreographic Project of Modernity (2021).
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