The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick

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Summary

In The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick, some of our most respected philosophers investigate Kubrick's art to illuminate his view of reality.

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The subject at war
Understanding the enemy : the dialogue of fear in Fear and desire and Dr. Strangelove	p. 9
Chaos, order, and morality : Nietzsche's influence on Full metal jacket	p. 33
Existential ethics : where the paths of glory lead	p. 49
The subject in love
Where the rainbow ends : Eyes wide shut	p. 59
Knockout! Killer's kiss, the somatic, and Kubrick	p. 85
The logic of Lolita : Kubrick, Nabokov, and Poe	p. 109
The subject and the meaning of life
Rebel without a cause : Stanley Kubrick and the banality of the good	p. 133
The big score : fate, morality, and meaningful life in The killing	p. 149
The subject in history
Spartacus and the second part of the soul	p. 167
The shape of man : the absurd and Barry Lyndon	p. 183
The shining and anti-nostalgia : postmodern notions of history	p. 201
The subject of the future
Nihilism and freedom in the films of Stanley Kubrick	p. 221
"Please make me a real boy" : the prayer of the artificially intelligent	p. 235
Nietzsche's overman as posthuman star child in 2001 : a space odyssey	p. 247
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