/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6344751]

Do you think we are experiencing a philosophy Boom? Seems like every movie, tv show, song, comic book are name dropping philosophers. Of course works of art with underlying philosophical themes have been present all through the 20th century, but i feel it's now more than ever, at least in mainstream entertainment. Don't know if it's because of the hipster movement or that more people are going to university than ever before. Thoughts?

Video related, lol.

https://youtu.be/egShCjfvi9s?t=9m23s

[Anonymous No.6344758]

>>6344751
Whops, 9:23

[Anonymous No.6344759]

>>6344751
confirmation bias

[Anonymous No.6344762]

>>6344751
Also she's just giving one random quote she googled

[Anonymous No.6344769]

>>6344751
>fredrick nietzschy

[Anonymous No.6344771]

>>6344762
Yeah, feel like she was just using a quote related to music.

[Anonymous No.6344772]

>>6344758
2>1>4>3

[Anonymous No.6344774]

>>6344751
she doesn't pronounce his name the same way i do

why is nietzsche so popular

that facebook 'like' ranking of philosophers had him at the top

share if you agree thumbs up guys here is a clever image i googled today thanks guysy

[Anonymous No.6344775]

>>6344751
Its always been like that, you just start recognizing it more when you know more about philosophy.

I have noticed a lot more pop philosophy channels on youtube in the past year though.

[Anonymous No.6344777]

>>6344758
4>2>1>3

[Anonymous No.6344781]

Kneechee

I rather she didn't

[Anonymous No.6344782]

>Fredrick Neetchee
As you said, it's been happening for some time. I remember a sopranos episode where aj goes full teen angst and starts reading the stranger and quoting nietzsche.
there was even this baseball guy that recommended him kierkegaard and told him that sartre ripped off heidegger.

I'm glad works like True Detective are getting so popular. You have a basic core of drama/crime plot and some philophilosophical, not real philosophy ofc, ornaments.
I've found it makes small talk with other watchers more interesting.

[Anonymous No.6344788]

>>6344775
links? i want a laugh right now

[Anonymous No.6344798]

>>6344751
>name dropping philosophers

There's your answer.

[Anonymous No.6344800]

>>6344774

Most think he's the guy who came up with relativism

[Anonymous No.6344803]

>>6344777
I guess someone with Abrahamic trips would like that kind of nose on a girl.

[Anonymous No.6344816]

>>6344751
''fredrick neetchee''

[Anonymous No.6344819]

>>6344759

>>6344775
Probably, but i'm not even that in to philosophy tbh except basic mandatory introduction from UNI and hearing my basmentdweller roommate talk about it. Honestly i wouldn't be surprised if it's at more prominent now than in the 60s - 00s.

I think at least classic literature have become more popular than it's been in a while, you have all kinds of "normcore" youtube channels like the drunk critic doing videos about odyssey and what not. And i mean there are some empirical facts that could back this up: More people are going to uni than ever before, and vinyl sales for instance have definitely gone up since the "hipster era" started...

[Anonymous No.6344822]

>>6344788
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLghL9V9QTN0jve4SE0fs33K1VEoXyL-Mn

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeypJMHfNbJ4RAFkRtmAN3P

[Anonymous No.6344830]

>>6344751

>"Neet-chee"
>Not "Neet-chuh"

[Anonymous No.6344836]

>>6344822
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwxNMb28XmpeypJMHfNbJ4RAFkRtmAN3P

[Anonymous No.6344845]

Yea, wow Nietzsche was talking about participating in music not streaming it online.

Triggered.

On topic, I'm not so sure, that quote fell kinda flat and not just because she said KNEE-CHEE instead of KNEE-CHA

[Anonymous No.6344862]

Pop culture only talks about the same few philosophers who talk about relatable themes. Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Plato...

Come to think of it, those are the only ones /lit/ ever discusses. Hmm...

[Anonymous No.6344869]

>>6344822
Holy fuck. The 8-bit one is making me cringe.

>Who knew 8-bits could have so much depth? A+ would reevaluate existence again.

Then the guy talks about flux and temporality, which is fucking Heraclitus, not Plato

And his voice, his fucking nasally voice

Yes I mad. I couldn't even laugh that was so painful. Video game nerds just went down fifteen notches for having the inability to like something without "lel game references"

[Anonymous No.6344888]

>>6344822
The School of Life isn't as bad, but he still can't resist stupid fucking vocal theatrics and slideshow images and all that stupid shit. Also trying to summarize Heidegger in a five minute video is dumb.

[Anonymous No.6344893]

>>6344822
>open 8-bit philosophy video
>he starts off in a pseudo-"intellectual" accent
>Consider, my dear viewers

FUKKIN DROPPED CAN'T EVEN TIP A FEDORA THIS BIG

[Anonymous No.6344902]

>>6344893
>a pseudo-"intellectual" accent
is such a thing even possible?

[Anonymous No.6344909]

>>6344902
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz3eOb6Yl1s

Listen for yourself. Just listen to this fucker's voice. I bet he's holding a steampunk mug with craft beer and is wearing a monocle.

The fucking knight in the opening picture is wearing a monocle for fuck's sake.

[Anonymous No.6344920]

>>6344862
>Kant, Hegel, Descartes, Spinoza, Wittgenstein

Pretty standard round these parts

[Anonymous No.6344926]

>>6344869
>>6344893
>pronounces cogito ergo sum
>cawg-it-oh heir-go some
>can't even pronounce Latin

WHAT A FUCKING PLEB

[Anonymous No.6344932]

>>6344862
>Stirner

[Anonymous No.6344977]

>>6344909
He's sounds like one of those people who hide behind humour to do what they truly want.

He'd probably say "lel but the exaggerated voice is meant to be that way" but secretly he really wants to talk like that sincerely.

[Anonymous No.6344989]

>>6344977
oh definitely, all to cover up his self-loathing

[Anonymous No.6344999]

>>6344909
he's annoying as fuck but the content itself is not bad

[Anonymous No.6345035]

I don't know, man. Good films have always had philosophical undertones but...I'm not sure whether that's because directors and audiences are interested in philosophy or because philosophers are interested in films (pic related because wtf, no Žižek in philosophy movie thread? It's like coming to /b/ and finding no lolis)

Let's just not get ahead of ourselves and start hyperdetecting philosophy. Most commercial films can be used as examples for philosophical issues (pic related), but they aren't necessarily "philosophical" in any way. Blurring these lines would kind of be detrimental rather than positive for philosophy.

And I hope to god that video is not actually related.

[Anonymous No.6345038]

>>6344758
2>4>3>1

[Anonymous No.6345066]

Ergo Proxy.

[Anonymous No.6345109]

>>6345038
>being this colourist

[Anonymous No.6345118]

>>6345038
1 has the best facial features.

[Anonymous No.6345213]

>>6344822
Couldn't they introduce gamers to philosophy by talking philosophy into games since now exists pretentious shit like BioShock?

[Anonymous No.6345254]

>>6345213
The genre is generally unfavorable because of the amount of text that actual philosophical discussion takes. You end up with simplifications. That being said there are games like Deus Ex and Metal Gear Solid that have quite a bit of philosophical concepts loaded into them.

Other stuff like Ergo Proxy and Waking Life are pretty much easily absorbed philosophy that non reading gamers might bump into since anime and movies have a lot of cross-pollination with gaming.

[Anonymous No.6345373]

>>6344751
>Do you think we are experiencing a philosophy Boom? Seems like every movie, tv show, song, comic book are name dropping philosophers.
Nope, people are more retarded than ever, slaves to instant gratification and pressing the online levers in order to trigger their DA much like lab rats when offered opiates.

Name dropping philosophers just implies an embarrassing, beyond-pathetic (is there a word for that?) desire to "appear" intellectual, not an understanding or genuine interest in the philosophy, nor an desire to apply it to one's life