Thelma and Louise’s movie have many significant correlations with ”The Courage to Be” philosophy of Tillich as it drives the existential position concept. It attempts to show what impression I and others must have all along with and what are significant determinants of the lives of people. Meaning every action or decision we make counts far more than people could ever understand. There is also an element of what we should not fail to begin and try to project on what we should avoid the consequences. For instance, Tillich explores the concept of courage, anxiety, and faith and their impacts on human interactions.
“The Courage to Be” by Tillich and Thelma and Louise’s movie precipitated their men and women whose life journey has been through all darkness of their souls, and they survived to narrate to people about that expedition. They showed us the alienation that most people are feeling about facing this act, and others still encounter and are promoted by cultural, religious, philosophical, and social protection failures. These failures are clearly shown in Thelma and Lousy’s movie as they attempt to escape from a male-dominated world to have a weekend break. They were challenged by being on the lam, and they were both rendered into a psychological transformation. Louise, who was older and wiser than the author, was the one in command, and she was faced with a myriad of crises that rendered her into depression and defeat. Therefore, Louise’s becoming defeated creates an element of courage and anxiety projection in the movie, which has been extensively discussed by Paul Tillich. According to Tillich, courage is described as the ability of the mind to conquer fear. Additionally, according to Tillich’s argument, the ontology of courage and ontology of anxiety is interdependent. Thus, stress can be described as the ”existential awareness of nonbeing” as stated by Tillich. In this case, existential refers to neither the realization of the universal transitoriness nor the experience of others’ death.
Both the film and ”Courage to Be” outline the aspect of conflicts. In the movie, the director described Thelma, who was worked as a housewife, and her engagement in a meaningless marriage besides Louise, whose work as a waitress was also not also in the right relationship; as a result, they decided to take a break for a weekend to avoid men. Lastly, the movie presents the aspect of feminism. For instance, Khouri depicts Thelma and Louise’s relationship as a sisterhood, illustrating an element of humor. Thelma character can be perceived as an eccentric innocent who is seen to be on the lead of making Louise be her mother hen. Conversely, Lousy character is projected as a battle scary and not quite old gal, and she is found to be enjoying being close to Thelma because it makes her recall her childhood happiness.
The philosophy of Tillich and that of Martin Buber can be deemed beautiful books whose primary task is theology. Another similarity is that the contents of both books are such classic. Which means they are written in an old version, which later on translated. Furthermore, it is also worth noting that both books are intellectual work that focuses on western theology. For instance, in Martin Buber’s book, he mainly focused on the perception Germany had towards proto-Existentialists Currents of modern German and the Judeo-Christian tradition; thus, Burber updated the modern time faith. ”I and Thou” employs the artful, linguistic treatise, which was essential in these philosophy books to demonstrate the folly of language used with the primary aim of framing reality. The main objective addressed in ”Thou” by Martin and I was how our language and our modern world drive our childhood perception of the relationship to the mature and the felonious way of life that objectifies me. That is, ”I” about life, individuals, as well as the world into the frame of I and It. According to Martin book is viewed differently by the philosopher, but all the aspects reveal the Thou (God) reality. The author highlighted that we are supposed to view the world through relation but not as an object and experience.
However, Paul Tillich outlines the dilemma about the modern man and illustrates how to overcome the challenges emanating from anxiety. Additionally, the author depicts some of the faith dynamics. According to Tillich, faith can be described as a state in which one is entirely concerned. He further argues that faith is not a religion, and the book itself does not seek to explain any form of religious practice (Tillich 3). Therefore, one cannot explicitly rely on the text to encourage Christians as the instrument for faith, but it attempts to promote the “Courage and To Be” in the sense of ontological sense.
Additionally, the book ”Courage and To Be” can be termed as the Tillich sense of the operative mode of faith If courage, as he asserts, is the knowledge of “what is to be dreaded and what dared,” (Tillich 3). Both ”Courage” and ”to be” are usually applied in the sense of philosophy and theology as opposed to their modern-day usage. However, some of the terms I find hard to understand are the use of words like ”Courage”, ”to be”, ”being and nonbeing” as seen throughout the book, which has quite hidden philosophical meanings (Tillich 3).
Tillich concepts are difficult to interpret and the reader can hold on to specific literary figures and characters that have demonstrated courage. The author argued that courage is the reason for control and self-affirmation, a virtue of a soldier, and treating doubts and anxiety. Hamlet has been identified as the first character to demonstrate courage despite his extensive reasoning through fogs of ambiguity, doubts, and nonbeing. Conversely, Camus’s Meursault did not exhibit brave actions as argued by Tillich sense since he was devoid of any subjectivity. Subsequently, the author also applied the tone of repetition and academic.
Works cited
Buber, Martin. I and Thou. Translated by Ronald G. Smith, T&T Clark, 2000, I and Thou. Web.
Tillich, Paul. The Courage To Be. Yale University Press, 1952.
