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Phil 7: Existentialism in Literature and Film - Spring 2006. The course will be organized around various attempts to reinterpret the Judeo/Christian God, and to determine in what sense, if at all, such a God is still a living God. We will study Dostoyevsky's and Kierkegaard's attempts to preserve a non-theological version of the God of Christianity, as well as Nietzche's attempt to save us from belief in any version of God offered by our tradition. We will view and discuss three films that deal with related issues.


Lecture Archive

Introduction: What is Existentialism?

'Fear and Trembling' - Preamble from Heart I

Discussion of Film 'The Third Man' - Rough audio quality

'Sickness Unto Death' (xeroxed excerpts) I

'Brothers Karamazov', Part I

Film: 'Breathless' - No Lecture