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Back to SearchContemporary Conversations: Eleanor Russell on Simone Weil's Gravity & Grace
Eleanor Russell joins us to discuss the mystical writings of French philosopher, Simone Weil. Published posthumously and edited by Gustave Thibon, Gravity and Grace is a collection of fragments from …
Published on 14 hours ago
Contemporary Conversations: A.V. Marraccini on Susan Sontag’s Fascinating Fascism & Notes on Camp
Susan Sontag for almost forty years was the most recognisable public intellectual in America. She inspired an entire generation of critics to read more widely, think and feel more deeply, and stay at…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Content of the Form: Grace Byron on Annie Ernaux’s The Years & Herculine
“Content of the Form” is a new interview series excavating the moral and political meshwork implicit in the use of certain artistic forms and genres. If every form or genre-exercise entails a reperto…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Moral of the Story: Sebastian Castillo on Fresh, Green Life
“Moral of the Story” is a new interview series in which we talk to contemporary novelists and poets about the ethical content of their work, the role of the imaginative writer in making sense of comp…
Published on 2 months ago
Contemporary Conversations: Ross Wolfe on Domenico Losurdo's Neo-Stalinist Revival and the Future of Marxism
Is the legacy of 20th century Marxism one of victory or defeat? On a certain reading, the defeat of the international proletarian revolution has been the distinctive preoccupation of a variegated tra…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Contemporary Conversations: Alina Stefanescu on Derrida's The Politics of Friendship and My Heresies
The poet, Alina Stefanescu, joins us for a freewheeling discussion of Jacques Derrida's classic work of politico-ethical deconstruction, The Politics of Friendship, and her new poetry collection, My …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Being & Nothingness, Part 2
In Part 2, we wrap up our consideration of Jean-Paul Sartre's midcentury magnum opus by exploring how we move from the inaccessible interiority of consciousness to our concrete relations with others.…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Nota Bene: The Metaphysics and Moral Vision of David Lynch with Jon Repetti
Note Bene is a series of off the cuff episodes that delve more into our personal experiences with broader topics with relevance to normativity and the ethical life. In this episode, Charles is joined…
Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Contemporary Conversations: Matt McManus on The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism
Matt McManus joins us to help excavate the common origins of liberalism and socialism within the revolutionary republican tradition and illuminate shared political and normative principles rooted in …
Published on 1 year ago
Contemporary Conversations: Ryan Ruby on Fredric Jameson's The Political Unconscious and Context Collapse
In a far-reaching conversation with the critic Ryan Ruby, we unpack the legacy and impact of Fredric Jameson's landmark work of Marxist literary criticism, The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a S…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago