Ghost in the Shell 1995: Philosophy Deep Dive

Been pondering on this for a while, and wanted to share the connections I found. Hopefully someone finds this as fun a rabbit hole as I did. Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe. Feel free to reach out to me for consulting work at my social media contacts. Or email: gideonhodge@gmail.com Also find me at: patreon.com/graeyscape Instagram  @gidjinn Twitter @gideonhodge If you'd like to read my books: Lilith’s Redemption: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1453619399 Aether Sphere 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H51RW2WG Aether Sphere 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H57ZP2Z1 Bibliography Primary Works & Films Ghost in the Shell. Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Written by Kazunori Itō. Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow. Tokyo: Bandai Visual, Production I.G, and Manga Entertainment, 1995. Film. Shirow, Masamune. Ghost in the Shell. Serialized in Young Magazine, 1989–1990. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1991. Philosophical & Academic Texts Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex. Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Descartes, René. Meditations on First Philosophy. Translated by Donald A. Cress. 3rd ed. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1993. Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Translated by Alan Sheridan. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century." In Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature, 149–181. New York: Routledge, 1991. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. Phenomenology of Perception. Translated by Donald A. Landes. London: Routledge, 2012. Parfit, Derek. Reasons and Persons. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. Ryle, Gilbert. The Concept of Mind. London: Hutchinson's University Library, 1949. Historical Case Studies & Thought Experiments Damasio, Antonio R. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. [Refers to the historical case of Phineas Gage (1848)]. Plutarch. "Theseus." In Parallel Lives. Translated by Bernadotte Perrin. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1914. [Source of the Ship of Theseus paradox]. Online & Digital Resources Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto." The Anarchist Library. Accessed October 1, 2026. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra.... Ghost in the Shell Music is the work of Kenji Kawai. I make no claim to his IP, it is soley his work. Music I Use: Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos Aeon: Theatre Of Delays License code: G1X1FDJ4YPDCP6SV Artist: : Benjamin Tissot Ghost in the Shell Music is the work of Kenji Kawai. I make no claim to his IP, it is soley his work. (So far as I know)