1. The Social and Political Context and Intellectual Themes
A Space Odyssey, 1969 and Tropes of the Present
A Space Odyssey and its Mythic Set
Nietzsche and his Centrality in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Kubrick’s Transposition of Nietzsche: From Religion to Technology
2. The Film and its Analysis
A Space Odyssey and its Logic of Structure
A Space Odyssey: An Analytical Description
Part 1: Opening and Credits
The Monolith
The Events in Earth Orbit
Part 2: The Jupiter Mission: Eighteen Months Later
Intermission
Part 3: Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite
a) Descent
b) The Final Transition to Rebirth
3. A Space Odyssey and Beyond