Recent decades have seen a number of major contemporary philosophers engage with cinema. Beginning with the influential books by Gilles Deleuze in the 1980s, this seminar will explore the relationship between philosophy and cinema in writings of Jacques Rancière, Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Zizek, and Bernard Stiegler.
This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Some prior acquaintance with the writings of some or all of these philosophers is highly recommended. Undergraduates must email the professor at nb2428@columbia.edu for permission to take the class.
