More Matrix and Philosophy Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded

by Irwin, William

• ISBN13: 9780812695724
• ISBN10: 0812695720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-08
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

The three films comprising The Matrix have become a geniune cultural phenomenon; More Matrix and Philosophy enriches both the enjoyment of the films and the understanding of life today. Broken down into several "Scenes" More Matrix and Philosophy tackles issues of fate, the concept of freedom, the metaphysical links in the three films, the impact of the music chosen, race, love and the meaning of it all.

Author Biography

William Irwin is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Pennsylvania. He has edited "Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book About Everything and Nothing"; "The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh of Homer" (with Mark Conard and Aeon Skoble); "The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real", and is series editor of the Popular Culture and Philosophy series. He is also author of "Intentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense" and editor of "The Death and Resurrection of the Author?" Professor Irwin has written numerous articles and reviews on hermeneutics, Sartre, Plato, philosophy of law, and philosophical pedagogy. Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada):

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Coming Attractions: "Where Have You Gone, Mr. Anderson?"	xi
Scene 1 The Sequels: Suck-Fest or Success?	1	(66)
1. The Matrix and Plato's Cave: Why the Sequels Failed
LOU MARINOFF	3	(9)
2. The Matrix of Control: Why The Matrix Still Has Us
WILLIAM IRWIN	12	(14)
3. Only Love Is Real: Heidegger, Plato, and The Matrix trilogy
JAMES LAWLER	26	(12)
4. The Matrix Is the Prozac of the People
MARTIN DANAHAY	38	(12)
5. "The Purpose of Life Is to End": Schopenhauerian Pessimism, Nihilism, and Nietzschean Will to Power
MARK A. WRATHALL	50	(17)
Scene 2 A Splinter in Your Mind: Freedom and Reality	67	(56)
6. Choice, Purpose, and Understanding: Neo, the Merovingian, and the Oracle
THEODORE SCHICK, JR.	69	(12)
7. Why Make a Matrix? And Why You Might Be In One
NICK BOSTROM	81	(12)
8. Challenging Simulacra and Simulation: Baudrillard in The Matrix
DAVID DETMER	93	(16)
9. Music and The Matrix: Where Are We Hearing When We Hear the Future?
THEODORE GRACYK	109	(14)
Scene 3 Global Philosophy Unplugged	123	(52)
10. The Matrix and Vedanta: Journeying from the Unreal to the Real
ANNA LÄNNSTRÖM	125	(11)
11. The Cosmological Journey of Neo: An Islamic Matrix
IDRIS SAMAWI HAMID	136	(18)
12. Faith, Understanding, and the Hidden God of The Matrix
WILLIAM JAWORSKI	154	(11)
13. Neo-Orthodoxy: Tales of The Reluctant Messiah, Or "Your Own Personal Jesus"
BEN WITHERINGTON III	165	(10)
Scene 4 We're Not Living in Zion: Social and Political Issues in The Matrix	175	(34)
14. Race Matters in The Matrix: Is Morpheus Black? Is Race Real?
JORGE J.E. GRACIA and WILLIAM IRWIN	177	(8)
15. Pissin' Metal: Columbine, Malvo, and the Matrix of Violence
HENRY NARDONE and GREGORY BASSHAM	185	(13)
16. Reloaded Revolutions
SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK	198	(11)
From The Book of the Machines (1872)	209	(8)
The Merovingian's Minions	217	(4)
The Keymaker's Index	221