Oxi | An Act of Resistance : The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri

Ken Mcmullen (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1783482680 / ISBN 13: 9781783482689

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

About this Item

Oxi | An Act of Resistance : The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri | Ken Mcmullen (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2015 | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | EAN 9781783482689 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oxi | An Act of Resistance : The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783482680
• ISBN 13: 9781783482689
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 21D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 612 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bücher

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Synopsis

Oxi (Gr. Determiner, lit. ‘No’, fig. ‘Resistance’, pronounced ‘ochi’) retells Sophocles’ Antigone through the contemporary Greek crisis and modern European philosophy. A collaboration between the renowned British auteur Ken McMullen and the literary theorist Martin McQuillan, the film draws upon and responds to the importance of the Antigone of modern thought (Hegel, Arendt, Lacan, Derrida, Butler), while coming up close to the politics of the street and the malign effects of the austerity experiment in Greece today.

The screenplay weaves together a range of idioms, including performance, fiction, documentary, interview and literary collage. The result is an intensely moving reflection on the tragedy of austerity today, with contributions from Hélène Cixous, Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri, as well as several significant figures in Greek cultural life. The volume includes full transcripts of the interviews with Cixous, Balibar and Negri, and a previously unpublished interview with Jacques Derrida on the question of Oedipus, as well as critical commentary from the filmmakers.

About the Author

MARTIN MCQUILLAN is Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Analysis and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, UK.