unit five:
modernism and epistemology

 

philosophical texts:

• Descartes, Meditations 1 - 3

on e-reserve:

• "The Matrix: Or the Two Sides of Perversion," Slavoj Zizek
• "Computers, Caves and Oracles," William Irwin
• "Popping a Bitter Pill: Existential Authenticity in The Matrix and Nausea," Jennifer L
  McMahon

students: Please print out and prepare the above 3 texts; all are available through our columbia library e-reserves link for this class (514260)

online:

• "the matrix: Keanu lost in Plato's cave," mackenzie wark

film text:

Film: Wachowski Brothers, The Matrix (1999)

watch:

Zizek on The Matrix, Hitchcock's The Birds and The Reality Principle (from The Pervert's Guide to Cinema):

 

study guide for unit five

 

for further exploration:

essay: "welcome to the desert of the real" slavoj zizek
essay: "the unreal thing" adam gopink (the new yorker)

Film: Blade Runner, Ridley Scott