Thursday, January 2, 2014

Fight Club

Objective
  • Describe the life and philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Analyze the concepts of slave/mastery morality, the death of God, the will to power, and eternal return.
Agenda
  • No Written Warm-Up
  • Nietzsche Concept Highlights
    • Slave Morality
      • What pacifies people in modern society?
    • Nietzsche's Story: "The Last Man" --> Ubermensch --> Making A New World
    • Death of God ("We don' t need him")
    • Need for Nihilism ("Hitting the bottom")
    • Ethical concerns with this value system
  • Fight Club
    • This is a dark, complex film.
    • Mr. M is cutting some of the film, but it's still pretty rough.  Requires a mature attitude.
    • Just because we're watching this doesn't endorse these or any of Nietzsche's ideas.  The film itself might be critical of this philosophy - we'll discuss tomorrow.
    • Brief background & explanation.
  • Watch Film

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