Irving Singer is Professor of Philosophy at MIT. In addition to his two trilogies, The Nature of Love and Meaning in Life, he is the author of many other books, including the recent Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up, and four books on film aesthetics, Reality Transformed: Film as Meaning and Technique;
Three Philosophical Filmmakers: Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir; Ingmar Bergman,
Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity; and Cinematic Mythmaking:
Philosophy in Film, all published by the MIT Press.
Mozart and Beethoven The Concept of Love in Their Operas Irving Singer Paper / February 2010 An exploration of the sensuous and the passionate, as expressed in operas by Mozart and Beethoven. Price $25.00 | NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR ORDERING
Meaning in Life, Volume 1 The Creation of Value Irving Singer Paper / December 2009 An acclaimed philosopher views the search for meaning in life as the search for a mode of creativity that will make our lives meaningful. Price $30.00 | PREORDER
Meaning in Life, Volume 2 The Pursuit of Love Irving Singer Paper / December 2009 An acclaimed philosopher offers a systematic mapping of the various facets of love. Price $30.00 | PREORDER
Meaning in Life, Volume 3 The Harmony of Nature and Spirit Irving Singer Paper / December 2009 An acclaimed philosopher suggests that the art of living well employs the same principles as those that exist in all artistic creativity. Price $30.00 | PREORDER
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher Reflections on His Creativity Irving Singer Paper / October 2009 The development of themes, motifs, and techniques in Bergman's films, from the first intimations in the early work to the consummate resolutions in the final movies. Price $12.95 | ADD TO CART
The Nature of Love Plato to Luther Irving Singer Paper / March 2009 An analysis of concepts of bestowal, appraisal, imagination, and idealization followed by explorations into the writings of thinkers that include Plato, Ovid, and Martin Luther. Price $36.00 | ADD TO CART
The Nature of Love Courtly and Romantic Irving Singer Paper / March 2009 An examination of ideas and ideals of medieval courtly love and the transition into later Romantic love, analyzing the work of Dante, Shakespeare, and Schopenhauer, among many others. Price $36.00 | ADD TO CART
The Nature of Love The Modern World Irving Singer Paper / March 2009 The final volume of Singer's trilogy discusses ideas about love in the work of writers ranging from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Tolstoy to Freud, Proust, D. H. Lawrence, Shaw, and others in the contemporary world. Price $36.00 | ADD TO CART
Philosophy of Love A Partial Summing-Up Irving Singer Cloth / March 2009 The author of the classic philosophical treatment of love reflects on the trajectory, over decades, of his thoughts on love and other topics. Price $14.95 | ADD TO CART
Cinematic Mythmaking Philosophy in Film Irving Singer Cloth / November 2008 Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Price $24.95 | ADD TO CART
Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher Reflections on His Creativity Irving Singer Cloth / October 2007 The development of themes, motifs, and techniques in Bergman's films, from the first intimations in the early work to the consummate resolutions in the final movies. OUT OF PRINT
Three Philosophical Filmmakers Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir Irving Singer Paper / October 2005 MIT Philosophy Professor Irving Singer examines the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles,
and Jean Renoir as it expresses their disparate visions of the
human condition. Price $17.95 | ADD TO CART
Three Philosophical Filmmakers Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir Irving Singer Cloth / May 2004 MIT Philosophy Professor Irving Singer examines the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles,
and Jean Renoir as it expresses their disparate visions of the
human condition. Price $35.95 | ADD TO CART
Reality Transformed Film as Meaning and Technique Irving Singer Paper / August 2000 Singer concentrates on questions about appearance and reality, the visual and the literary, and the interplay between communication as a goal and alienation as a hazard in films of every sort. Price $19.95 | ADD TO CART
