PHIL1016Mass Media Philosophy

課程描述

本课程旨在介绍有关大众传媒的几种理论。介绍媒体理论家本雅明（W. Benjamin）、麦克卢汉（M. McLuhan）和乔姆斯基（N. Chomsky）。恩岑斯伯格（Enzensberger） 和 后现代主义评论家鮑德裏亞（J. Baudrillard ）之间关于电视的社会政治作用的辩论也会在课堂上加以讨论。课程的后半部分将重点讨论盧曼（ N. Luhmann ）对 "大众传媒的现实 "的描述。

本课程旨在让学生对大众传媒和社交媒体有一个批判性的、有历史依据的理解。其目的是使学生能够以口头和书面形式思考大众媒体和社交媒体在社会中的功能及其在个人身份形成中的作用。

This course introduces several theories on the Mass Media. The media theoreticians W. Benjamin, M. McLuhan, and N. Chomsky are introduced. The debate on the socio-political role of TV between H.-M. Enzensberger and his 'postmodernist' critic J. Baudrillard will be discussed. The second half of the course will focus on N. Luhmann’s description of the 'Reality of the Mass Media'.

The course aims at providing students with a critical and historically informed understanding of the mass and social media. Its objective is to enable students to reflect orally and in writing on the function of mass and social media in society and on their role in the formation of personal identity.

課程安排

Schedule:

1) 18 August: Introduction; Kant, Marx

2) 25 August: Benjamin

3) 01 September: Adorno, Horkheimer

4) 08 September: McLuhan

5) 15 September: Debord

6) 22 September: Enzensberger

7) 29 September: Baudrillard

8) 06 October: Chomsky

9) 13 October: Midterm Exam

10) 20 October: Luhmann, The Reality of the Mass Media 1

11) 27 October: Luhmann, The Reality of the Mass Media 2

12) 03 November: Luhmann, The Reality of the Mass Media 3

13) 10 November: “Profilicity” (Moeller/D’Ambrosio) 1

14) 17 November: “Profilicity” (Moeller/D’Ambrosio) 2

15) 24 November: Final Exam

教授簡介

漢斯-格奧爾格·梅勒（Hans-Georg Moeller），1964年生于德國，漢學家，師從波恩學派大師陶德文（羅爾夫·特勞策特爾），研究領域爲中國哲學和比較哲學，著作有：

1. Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi. With Paul D’Ambrosio. New York: Columbia University Press. 2017.遊心之路：《莊子》與現代西方哲學 Beijing: Lianhe 北京: 聯合出版公司, 2019.
2. The Radical Luhmann. New York: Columbia University Press. 2011. Japanese translation: ラディカル・ルーマン: 必然性の哲学から偶有性の理論. Tokyo: Shin-yo-sha, 2018. Italian translation: Per comprendere Luhmann. Milan: IPOC, 2016.D
3. The Moral Fool. A Case for Amorality. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 道德愚人：置身于道德高地之外 東方出版中心，2023
4. Daodejing (Laozi). A Complete Translation and Commentary. Chicago: Open Court, 2007.
5. Luhmann Explained. From Souls to Systems. Chicago: Open Court. 2006.
6. The Philosophy of the Daodejing. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. Italian translation:  La filosofia del Daodejing. Turin: Einaudi, 2007. Chinese Translation: 東西之道：《道德經》與西方哲學. Beijing: Lianhe 北京: 聯合出版公司, 2018.
7. Daoism Explained. From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory. Chicago, La Salle: Open Court. 2004.

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學習建議

選擇這門課不需要的哲學基礎，Hans不會以科班要求所有學生，但推薦詞彙量大，寫作基礎優秀且對大衆媒體的哲學討論有興趣的學生enroll