Jesse Kalin
Adjunct Professor of Film and Philosophy
Office: Rockefeller Hall 209
Ext: 5530
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Jesse Kalin received his B.A. from Stanford (1962) and his Ph.D. from Berkeley (1969). His major interest has been moral theory, with early essays focused on ethical egoism, prudential rationalism, Kant, and the foundations of ethics. This led to work in aesthetics, with particular attention to the role of literature (and the discursive arts generally) in establishing evidence for moral knowledge claims. His recent work has been in film studies (Scandinavian and Japanese cinemas, Tarkovsky, Wenders, and nonnarrative film), with a recently published book on The Films of Ingmar Bergman (Cambridge, 2003).