Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy

Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts

• Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento
• Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter  covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism
• Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed
• Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers

Keywords: Philosophy, philosophical concepts, film and philosophy, meaning of life, existentialism, philosophy in movies, philosophy and culture, introduction to philosophy, General Philosophy