MS 131 PO

This course focuses on theoretical questions regarding the "two": the social tie, friendship, confession, and the relationship between the individual subject and the group. This class will ground its inquiry in the fundamental question: what do we make of the encounter between the one and an(other)? To answer this, we will examine a challenging set of philosophical texts and a range of media that revolve around the intersubjective relation (or non-relation) of two central characters or figures. Objects of study will include Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise and Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's television series Fleabag, Season 1 of Sarah Koenig's podcast Serial and Fumito Ueda's classic minimalist video game Ico. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: MS 049 PO or MS 050 PO or MS 051 PO or MS 092 PO or equivalents.