The Image of a Philosophy Professor in Contemporary Cinema Art

Revisiting the Problem of Teaching Philosophy

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201128.064How to use a DOI?

Keywords

philosophy, education, cinema art, didactics, couching, ethics, teaching, philosophy professor, “Irrational Man”, problem method of teaching philosophy

Abstract

The paper deals with the problems of teaching philosophy in contemporary culture as they could be depicted in contemporary art, for example, Cinema Art. For the analysis of the new type of problems in the field of teaching philosophy, the author has chosen three films representing philosophers/ philosophy teachers. The basic idea is that Art reflects hidden problems, which people sometimes take no notice of in real life. A film is a mirror in which one can recognize themselves; with the help of Art a person can view themselves from the outside, even though it might be not as pleasant as to think of oneself as a problem-free person. Three films: (1) “The Philosophers” (2013, USA, Indonesia), (2) “Irrational Man” (2015, USA) and (3) “The Philosopher” (2010, France) – represent three images of a philosopher, which are the most popular in contemporary culture: (1) a couch, (2) an irresponsible wrongdoer, and (3) a philosophical greatness dreamer. The conclusion of the brief analysis carried out by the author is not consoling: in contemporary culture, there are many temptations to relinquish to oblivion the ideals of the classical philosophical heritage and to use them exclusively for one’s own egoistic gainful purposes. In this context, teachers of philosophy should revise the foundations of their teaching activity and reanimate the high ideals of the moral principles of education by means of self-cultivating and setting an example of a worthy human person to their students.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruzana Pskhu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/29
TI  - The Image of a Philosophy Professor in Contemporary Cinema Art
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education Studies: Experience and Innovation (ICESEI 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 344
EP  - 346
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201128.064
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