Cover image for Examined life [DVD video]
Title:
Examined life [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Distributed by Zeitgeist Films, [2009]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
Examined Life takes philosophy into the hustle and bustle of the everyday. The "rock star" philosophers of our time take "walks" through places that hold special resonance for them and their ideas. These places include crowded city streets, deserted alleyways, Central Park, and a garbage dump.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.

Stereo; 1.85:1 aspect ratio.

Originally produced in 2008.

Special features: Q&As with Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Kwame Anthony Appiah and director Astra Taylor; two extra philosopher walks with Colin McGinn and Simon Critchley; philosopher bios and selected bibliographies; theatrical trailers.
Performers:
Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Žižek, Judith Butler, Sunaura Taylor.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Includes optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired; some copies may include optional French subtitles.
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