Akira Mizuta Lippit is a scholar whose work delves into world cinemas, critical theory, and Japanese film and culture. His published writings, encompassing several books, explore themes of experimental film and visual studies, reflecting his diverse academic interests. Lippit's research often examines the intricate relationship between late twentieth and early twenty-first century Japanese culture and the broader concept of the world. His influential writings have been translated into numerous languages and are widely featured in academic journals and anthologies.
Differentiation from animals helped to establish the notion of a human being, but the disappearance of animals now threatens that identity. This is the argument underlying Electric Animal, a probing exploration of the figure of the animal in modern culture.
Explores the avisual and its effect on the visual world. Dreams, x-rays, atomic radiation, and invisible men are phenomena that are visual in nature but unseen. Revealing these hidden interiors of cultural life, this book focuses on historical moments in which the modes of avisuality came into being.
What does it mean for film and video to be experimental? This title features a collection of essays framed by the concept ex- - meaning from, outside, and no longer. It explores the aesthetic, technical, and theoretical reverberations of avant-garde film and video.
Excavates a theory of cinema in Derrida's writing on love, narcissism, echopoiesis, and fluidity