Philosophy and Cinema - 2nd semester
Code
722031092
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Paolo Stellino
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Objectives
1) To acquire advanced critical knowledge of the fundamental problems of the relationship between philosophy and cinema;
2) 1) To acquire advanced critical knowledge of the fundamental problems of the relationship between philosophy and ethics;
3) 1) To acquire advanced critical knowledge of the philosophical origins of gratuitous violence (in particular, the death of God and nihilism);
4) To acquire the capacity to think how cinema and literature can help us rethinking the following philosophical problem: which are the consequences of the death of God for morality?
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
Bibliography
BAZIN, André, O Cinema. Ensaios, São Paulo, Editora Brasiliense, 1991.
DELEUZE, Gilles, Cinéma 1 : L’Image-mouvement (Paris, Les éditions de Minuit, 1983); Cinéma 2 : L’Image-temps (Paris, Les éditions de Minuit, 1985).
HANEKE, Michael, “Violence and the Media”, in: R. Grundmann, A Companion to Michael Haneke, Malden (MA), Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
STELLINO, Paolo, “Para além da lei moral: morte de Deus e gratuidade de Feuerbach a Sartre”, Revista Trágica: estudos de filosofia da imanência 10/1 (2017): pp. 60-72.
WARTENBERG, Thomas E., “Beyond Mere Illustrations: How Films Can Be Philosophy”, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 64/1 (2006): pp 19-32.
Teaching method
(a) The main teaching method is, first, that of dialogued lectures;
(b) second: watching and then discussing the key films involved in the course;
Evaluation method
(c) students are evaluated by a mandatory 12 pages essay (70%);
(d) a positive participation in the classes is valued (30%).