PHIL 149 A: Existentialism and Film

Summer 2023 A-term
Meeting:
MTWThF 9:40am - 11:50am / CLK 120
SLN:
13046
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
Catalog Description:
What makes life worth living? Is morality just a convenient fiction? What is the nature of the human condition? Is God dead, or just playing hard to get? Investigates the works of several existentialist philosophers, including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Beauvoir, and uses their works to interpret and analyze the philosophical content of angst-ridden cinema of the French New Wave and Hollywood film noir.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Writing (W)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
December 10, 2024 - 8:03 am