Podcast appearances and mentions of Sarah Bakewell

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), who was part of the movement known as phenomenology. While less well-known than his contemporaries Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, his popularity has increased among philosophers in recent years. Merleau-Ponty rejected Rene Descartes' division between body and mind, arguing that the way we perceive the world around us cannot be separated from our experience of inhabiting a physical body. Merleau-Ponty was interested in the down-to-earth question of what it is actually like to live in the world. While performing actions as simple as brushing our teeth or patting a dog, we shape the world and, in turn, the world shapes us. With Komarine Romdenh-Romluc Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of SheffieldThomas Baldwin Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of YorkAnd Timothy Mooney Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College, DublinProduced by Eliane GlaserReading list:Peter Antich, Motivation and the Primacy of Perception: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Knowledge (Ohio University Press, 2021)Dimitris Apostolopoulos, Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Language (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019) Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails (Chatto and Windus, 2016) Thomas Baldwin (ed.), Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings (Routledge, 2004)Thomas Baldwin (ed.), Reading Merleau-Ponty (Routledge, 2007)Renaud Barbaras (trans. Ted Toadvine and Leonard Lawlor), The Being of the Phenomenon: Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Indiana University Press, 2004).Anya Daly, Merleau-Ponty and the Ethics of Intersubjectivity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)M. C. Dillon, Merleau-Ponty's Ontology (Northwestern University Press, 1998, 2nd ed.) Maurice Merleau-Ponty (trans. Alden L. Fisher), The Structure of Behavior (first published 1942; Beacon Press, 1976)Maurice Merleau-Ponty (trans. Donald Landes), Phenomenology of Perception (first published 1945; Routledge, 2011)Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Sense and Non-Sense (first published 1948; Northwestern University Press, 1964)Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Signs (first published 1960; Northwestern University Press, 1964)Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the Invisible (first published 1964; Northwestern University Press, 1968)Maurice Merleau-Ponty (trans. Oliver Davis with an introduction by Thomas Baldwin), The World of Perception (Routledge, 2008)Ariane Mildenberg (ed.), Understanding Merleau-Ponty, Understanding Modernism (Bloomsbury, 2019)Timothy Mooney, Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception: On the Body Informed (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Katherine J. Morris, Starting with Merleau-Ponty (Continuum, 2012) Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Merleau-Ponty and Phenomenology of Perception (Routledge, 2011)Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, The Routledge Guidebook to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (Routledge, 2011)Jean-Paul Sartre (trans. Benita Eisler), Situations (Hamish Hamilton, 1965)Hilary Spurling, The Girl from the Fiction Department (Penguin, 2003)Jon Stewart (ed.), The Debate Between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty (Northwestern University Press, 1998)Ted Toadvine, Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Nature (Northwestern University Press, 2009)Kerry Whiteside, Merleau-Ponty and the Foundation of an Existential Politics (Princeton University Press, 1988)Iris Marion Young, On Female Body Experience: “Throwing Like a Girl” and Other Essays (Oxford University Press, 2005)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

Human intimacy thrives on contradiction. We crave connection yet armor ourselves with projections; we seek healing while clinging to trauma's familiar syntax. Defiant humanism—rooted in Alice Roberts' call to “reclaim agency through radical presence” and Sarah Bakewell's celebration of “humanist freethinking”—invites couples to wage war against these paradoxes by engaging only in the raw now.

Summer Reading Report: hits, misses, and anticipations   We're back from the beach and reflecting on our summer reading in this bonus length bookshelf episode. On Kate's stack summer favourite GRETA AND VALDIN by Rebecca K. Reilly, Olivia Laing's memoir The Garden Against Time, the hotly tipped HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel, TRUST by Hernan Diaz, Miranda July's new novel ALL FOURS and upcoming book club reads THE FRAUD by Zadie Smith and HUMANELY POSSIBLE by Sarah Bakewell. Meanwhile Laura talks about REAL AMERICANS by Rachel Kong, THE LAST UNICORN by Peter S. Beagle, THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Stuart Turton, Kiley Reid's latest COME AND GET IT, Reese's Book Club pick SLOW DANCE by Rainbow Rowell and Austeriltz by W. G. Sebald.    We also hear about the best bookish party Laura attended courtsey of the Vancouver Public Library, and the Kate's experience of reading just one book, and one book only, at a time – a strong departure from her usual habits of three on the go at once. But will she stick to it?   Timecodes for the time poor 08:58 Real Americans by Rachel Kong: A Not-to-Read Recommendation 17:39 The Garden Against Time by Olivia Lange: A Deep Dive 25:27 The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle: A Disappointment 30:44 Headshot by Rita Bullwinkle: A Mixed Review 40:02 Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World: A Fun Read 44:20 Exploring 'Trust' by Hernan Diaz 49:34 Campus Life and Money in 'Come and Get' It by Kiley Reid 59:57 Miranda July's 'All Fours': A Perimenopausal Journey 01:12:40 A Lighthearted Romance: 'Slow Dance' by Rainbow Rowell 01:15:13 Upcoming Reads and Final Thoughts Patreon Want more from your favourite podcast? Want to support the person who makes it? Come and join Kate at Patreon.com/thebookclubreview where for a small monthly fee you'll receive benefits such as a weekly books dispatch, which you can read or listen to as a pod, occasional special episodes, and at the higher tier you can join our monthly book club for live discussions with Kate over Zoom.  For the love of a good lamp:  Visit seriousreaders.com/BCR for our special offer on any HD light – use the code BCR at checkout and if you're in the UK you can also benefit from free shipping. You get a month to try out the lights to decide if they're for you, if not you can return them. We seriously love them, and think you will too.

What does it mean to be a human, or more specifically a humanist? Is it about culture, morals, principles, science, freethinking, feelings or optimism? Or is it all of the above? The author of the new book "Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope", says it is all of those things and more. Sarah Bakewell spoke to us in Perspective.

Humanismen antagande om vår särställning har varit förödande för mänskligheten. Eva-Lotta Hultén letar efter hopp i en tradition med många blinda fläckar. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.I en lantbrukstidning hittade jag för ett antal år sedan en annons för en manick som kallades ”Humane killer”. Det var en liten giljotin i miniatyr, avsedd för slakt av höns. I annonstexten motiverades avlivningsverktygets förträfflighet med att hönsägaren slapp få blod på sig. Det humana i det hela var alltså att människan som dödade slapp söla ner sig.Det här sammanfattar den kritik jag har mot humanismen ganska väl. Den är, som namnet säger, människocentrerad och inte sällan självgod.Humanismen är den filosofiska tradition som ger människan ett egenvärde. Begrepp som empati och barmhärtighet är centrala men också kritiskt tänkande, kunskapssökande, förnuft och frihet. Den romerske statsmannen Cicero var för drygt 2000 år sedan en av de första som använde ordet humanitas värderande, synonymt med medmänsklighet och godhet. Han var en viktig föregångare till den antropocentriska humanism som varit förhärskande sedan renässansen, alltså idén att människan är exceptionell och bör ställas i centrum för allt.En viktig beståndsdel i humanismen har länge varit religionskritiken, eller fritänkandet, som slagit fast att människans moral ska grundas på förnuft och medkänsla och inte på föreställt gudomliga påbud. Men fritänkarna och de religiösa dogmatikerna bygger i stort sett sina idéer på samma tankegrund: människan som alltings mått.Den från början religiösa idén att människan skiljer ut sig från alla andra varelser och att det ger oss rätt att härska över dem är en föreställning vars brister i skenet av klimatförändringar och miljöförstöring blir pinsamt uppenbara. Till det kommer också ett debattklimat där enskilda människor ständigt blandar ihop sina egna åsikter med ett objektivt förnuft och använder sig själva som måttstock. Eftersom jag är förnuftig, verkar de tänka, så måste åsikter som motsäger mina, komma sig av att andra är dummare än jag.Samma slappa slutledningsteknik gäller för mänskligheten som grupp: eftersom vi är rationella så måste allt vi tar oss för vara förnuftigt. Och skulle vi råka ha försatt oss i en situation där vi håller på att underminera våra egna möjligheter till liv så är vi så exceptionellt smarta att vi kommer uppfinna tekniska lösningar på problemet.Humanismens förnuftsdyrkan skapar en tankefälla som leder till brist på lyhördhet och i värsta fall ren hybris. Vi är ju inte rationella utan bara duktiga på att rationalisera våra egna begär och intressen. Om vi håller oss medvetna om det och vaksamma på oss själva har vi i alla fall lite bättre utsikter att tänka och agera mer förnuftigt, på riktigt.Skulle den moderna humanismen kunna ifrågasätta sin blindhet och inneboende självöverskattning? Kanske genom att söka sig bakåt i de egna spåren. Föreställningarna om människan som unik herre och skapelsens krona har visserligen varit förhärskande men inte allenarådande. Essäisten Michel de Montaigne, skrev redan på 1500-talet att människan led av ”högmodig fantasi” när vi tillskrev oss själva gudomliga egenskaper och avlägsnade oss från massan av andra varelser. Han var skeptisk till att människan skulle ha någon inbyggd rationalitet att luta sig emot och konstaterade att ”Ju mer jag umgås med mig själv och ju mer jag lär känna mig, desto mer förbluffas jag över min formlöshet och desto mindre förstår jag av mig själv.”En vidare och mer prövande humanism fortsatte utvecklas under 1500- och 1600-talen. Litteraturprofessorn Carin Franzén lyfter i sin bok ”Fritänkandet” fram några av de kvinnor som bidrog: drottning Margareta av Navarra, svenska drottning Kristina, den franska författaren och kurtisanen Anne de Lenclos och den franska poeten Antoinette Deshoulières. De var aktiva i sin tids samhällsdebatt, kulturella salonger och samtal och utgick från vad kroppslig erfarenhet innebär för tänkande och förankrade människan i hennes fysiska omgivningar. I sina noveller, dikter och maximer behandlade de passionernas betydelse, ifrågasatte sin tids förnuftsdyrkan och människocentrering och kritiserade den mänskliga rovdriften på naturen. Franzén kallar dem inte bara för fritänkare utan också för libertiner.Ordet som först betecknade en frigiven slav började under 1500-talet användas nedsättande om personer som frigjort sig från religion och moral. Men Franzén menar att libertinismen rymmer många intressanta tankespår som har med vår relation till kroppen och naturen att göra.Libertiner lutade sig gärna mot naturalistisk filosofi av epikureiskt slag. De bejakade njutning, sinnlighet och naturkontakt. Många var tidiga sympatisörer till filosofen Spinoza som har beskrivits som panteist, med sina tankar om att Gud och naturen är så gott som synonyma begrepp.Vid sidan av den människocentrerade idéhistorien har det alltså hela tiden funnits en lite undanskymd ekologisk humanism.Men hur ska vi förstå humanismens nyckelbegrepp frihet om ordet ”alla” inte längre kan inskränkas till människor utan måste utvidgas till allt levande? Ryms träd, maskar, råttor och grisar i humanismen? På vilka premisser; för att de kan vara till nytta för oss eller för att de har ett eget värde?Om fallet är det senare, är vi då fortfarande kvar inom humanismens skrankor? Kan den bära att människan reduceras till kropp och materia bland andra kroppar och materia; eller är vi på väg mot ett annat ideal för oss och vårt sätt att förhålla oss till vår omvärld?Humanismen har dragits med fler blinda fläckar. I sin bok ”Humanly possible”, en exposé över 700 år av humanistiskt fritänkande, gör författaren Sarah Bakewell upp med en rasistisk och sexistisk historia och lyfter fram de föregångare som förmådde vara sant fritänkande. Som Jeremy Bentham, filosof som argumenterade för bland annat djurrättigheter. Och Bakewell visar att det där med att använda sig själv som måttstock för vad som är förnuftigt kan göras på ett klokt sätt. Tänkaren och den frigivna slaven Frederick Douglass konstaterade vasst att ”det finns ingen människa under himlavalvet som inte vet att slaveri är fel för honom.” Han menade att slaveriet gjort också slavägarna till offer eftersom systemet de verkade inom hade brutaliserat dem.Kanske är det här humanism när den är som bäst: i möte mellan kritiskt tänkande, medkänsla och strävan efter frihet för alla. Douglass förmår sätta sitt eget trauma åt sidan för att försöka förstå också dem som gjort honom illa.Vi människor är inte förmögna till objektiv rationalitet, men om förnuft förstås som förmåga att se saker ur många synvinklar och ifrågasätta också oss själva så är humanismens dröm om människan kanske fortfarande värd att drömma, och värd att föra med in i en mer ekologiskt hållbar relation till vår omgivning. Vår självbild som herrar har brutaliserat oss, men vi kan kasta dessa bojor åt sidan, om vi väljer att göra det.Eva-Lotta Hulténförfattare och journalistLitteraturCarin Franzén: Fritänkandet – kvinnliga libertiner och en annan humanism. Serien Glänta hardcore. Glänta produktion, 2023.Sara Bakewell: Humanly Possible – Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope. Penguin press, 2023.

What is Humanism? How significant is the Humanist worldview today? And how can Christians best love their Humanist neighbors? In this podcast and video, Sean and Scott discuss the recent book Humanly Possible, written by Sarah Bakewell, which covers 700 years of Humanist thought up to the present.==========Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California. Find all episodes of Think Biblically at: https://www.biola.edu/think-biblically. Watch video episodes at: https://bit.ly/think-biblically-video. To submit comments, ask questions, or make suggestions on issues you'd like us to cover or guests you'd like us to have on the podcast, email us at thinkbiblically@biola.edu.

Today we speak with publisher Judith Gurewich and translator Luke Leafgren about a remarkable first-person narrative by Nasser Abu Srour, a Palestinian political prisoner who in 1993 was given a life sentence. His memoir, The Tale of a Wall, tells of the author's decades-long life in multiple prisons, moving through many historical periods and shifting personal and political lives. The one thing that is always present is the figure of the wall, that becomes his one constant companion. Gurewich and Leafgren tell how they came to acquire the text, and how they came to know this remarkable man through it. The tale itself is a stunning and moving contribution to our understanding of the Palestinian struggle for liberation.Nasser Abu Srour was arrested in 1993, accused of being an accomplice to the murder of an Israeli intelligence officer, and sentenced to life in prison. While incarcerated, Abu Srour completed the final semester of a bachelor's degree in English from Bethlehem University, and obtained a master's degree in political science from Al-Quds University. The Tale of a Wall is his first book to appear in English. It will be published in the United Kingdom by Allen Lane, and translations are forthcoming from Gallimard, Feltrinelli, and Galaxia Gutenberg, among others. Judith Gurewich is the publisher of Other Press, a position she has held since 2002. Under her leadership, Other Press has become a highly respected and award-winning publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction, including titles such as Sarah Bakewell's How to Live: A Life of Montaigne, Kamel Daoud's The Meursault Investigation, and Raja Shehadeh's We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award. Born in Canada and raised in Belgium, she holds a law degree from Brussels University as well as a master's of law from Columbia University and a PhD in sociology from Brandeis University. She now resides in Cambridge, MA. Judith is also a Lacanian trained psychoanalyst, practicing part-time.Luke Leafgren is an Assistant Dean of Harvard College, where he is also a lecturer in Comparative Literature and teaches courses on translation. He has published seven translations of contemporary Arabic novels and received the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2018 and 2023.      

Hoy hablo sobre ideas útiles para la vida, extraídas de los ensayos de Michel de Montaigne, con Sergio San Juan: - Quién fue Michel de Montaigne. - La importancia de experimentar. - Cómo enfrentar la muerte y experiencias cercanas a la muerte. - Beneficios de cambiar de opinión. - Moderación, libertad y más. El 20 de enero empieza el curso de nutrición deportiva de Perform Institute: https://fitnessrevolucionario.com/perform Para dedicarte a la nutrición, estudia con Superávit Formación https://fitnessrevolucionario.com/tsd Como siempre, puedes escuchar también el episodio en iVoox, Spotify  y Apple Podcast. Más información sobre el episodio de hoy: 10 ideas para tener una vida libre y plena de Michel de Montaigne: https://www.aprendizajeinfinito.com/p/montaigne-10-ideas-fr Aprendizaje Infinito: https://www.aprendizajeinfinito.com Cómo vivir o una vida con Montaigne, de Sarah Bakewell: https://amzn.to/3NwmxDf Los Ensayos, de Michel de Montaigne: https://amzn.to/3v2NwQq Montaigne, de Stefan Zweig: https://amzn.to/3RN5HSY  

Uma biografia de Montaigne feita a partir de tentativas de respostas a questões essenciais para o pioneiro do ensaio. Não há receita de vida, mas um livro que é, ele mesmo, sobre a vida.

Our introduction to literary Bordeaux begins with the 3 most famous Bordeaux authors, the ‘3 Ms', that is the philosophers Montaigne and Montesquieu and the novelist François Mauriac.  There are statues of them all in the city.   There are mini biographies and pointers to their works.  Then we follow up with more books set in and around Bordeaux - historical fiction, two very different detective stories and the true account of the web of spies – French, German, British – operating in Bordeaux during World War II.   Reading Suggestions The Essays A Selection by Michel Montaigne   How to Live A Life of Montaigne in 1 Question and 20 Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell      Persian Letters by Montesquieu   The Knot of Vipers by François Mauriac    Thérèse Desqueyroux by François Mauriac       The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick    Bordeaux Private Eye by Rorie Smith Game of Spies by Paddy Ashdown    Death in Bordeaux by Allan Massie     Link for this post Musee d'Aquitaine   City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time! Check our website for the blogpost accompanying this episode, to find more episodes from our Bordeaux series or to browse our back catalogue of other cities which are well worth visiting: https://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk We love to receive your comments and suggestions!  You can e mail us at citybreaks@citybreakspodcast.co.uk And if you like what you hear, please do post comments or a review wherever you downloaded this episode.  That would be very much appreciated! 

Centuries before Proust's Remembrance of Things Past took us on a tour of memory and James Joyce played with stream of consciousness, a 16th century nobleman - Michel de Montaigne - developed a wholly new style of reflective prose that examined his place in the world. His thoughts, questions and worries appear on the page as though they are your own, at once intensely personal to his own life yet somehow universal. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks about the enduring legacy of the essays of Montaigne with Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live, or a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer.This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.Discover the past with exclusive history documentaries and ad-free podcasts presented by world-renowned historians from History Hit. Watch them on your smart TV or on the go with your mobile device. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code TUDORS sign up now for your 14-day free trial> You can take part in our listener survey here >

Ludwik Zamenhof was born in 1859 in a small city in Poland. His family was Jewish, and the area he grew up in also had factions of Germans, Russians, and Poles, all of whom mutually distrusted one another. During his childhood, Zamenhof developed a theory: these groups would never get along without a common, neutral language to communicate with people in the other groups. Zamenhof considered the possibility of using existing languages for this purpose—such as Latin and Greek—but decided that the cost to learn them was too high. So he invented his own.Esperanto, as Zamenhof's language came to be known, sought to take familiar Indo-European root words and cast them in a language without verb conjugations, cases, gender, or any of the elements which make a language like German or Russian so difficult to learn. He was nineteen when he first unveiled the language to the public. Zamenhof's goal was not just to create a language that was easy to learn, but to create a language that would put the different peoples of Europe on a footing of mutual disadvantage—and therefore, he hoped, equality.As far as invented languages go, Esperanto has enjoyed more success than most. You can study it on Duolingo. It's a staple of popular culture; for example, I recently saw in an episode of the TV show Billions, where it is being learned by the character Michael Wagner. But mostly, this success has been on the linguistic front. People find the language interesting. But it hasn't been especially useful as a basis for utopia.In a way, Zamenhof's Esperanto is a microcosm of the system of values more generally known as “humanism.” There are many shades of humanism, but at their core lies a belief that understanding, connection, and even mutual admiration among different kinds of people is not only possible but paramount to a meaningful life. If we could all converse with one another, understand one another—then maybe we'd stand a chance of constructing the kind of society we all want to live in.But while Esperanto embodies the aspirations of humanism, it also is emblematic of its tensions. In theory, getting people to celebrate the many ways of being human is an ideal worth striving for. In practice, it is a difficult one to achieve. When it comes to the ways of being humans, what all humans have in common is that they prefer their own.The fundamental impulse of humanism is to grapple with this tension, and it is the subject of the latest book by author Sarah Bakewell. In it, she surveys 700 years of humanist thought—with each thinker bringing a personal perspective to the shared problem of what it means to value human life and society in an abstract sense. The experience of reading Bakewell's book is to hear the echoing conversation of the ages. One of the ways of reading humanism is to see it as a means of participating in this conversation. It's a notion I think is rather beautiful.Her book is Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope. It's available now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

Was ein gutes Leben ausmacht? Frei denken, furchtlos forschen, handelnd hoffen. Mit anderen Worten: als überzeugte Humanistin durchs Leben gehen. Das sagt die englische Denkerin und Bestsellerautorin Sarah Bakewell. Gespräch über eine Philosophie wahrer Menschlichkeit. Was braucht es, um gegenwärtigen Krisen geistig zu begegnen? In Zeiten religiöser Konflikte, medialer Revolutionen, neuer Technologien und auch pandemischer Bedrohungen? Bereits vor mehr als 700 Jahren stellten sich Menschen diese Fragen mit neuer Dringlichkeit. Und hoben von Norditalien mit dem Humanismus eine neue Denktradition aus der Taufe. In deren Zentrum sollten nicht mehr theologische Dogmen stehen, sondern der freie, einsichtsreiche Mensch – seine einzigartigen Talente, Techniken und Sehnsüchte. Die britische Schriftstellerin Sarah Bakewell, Autorin weltweit gefeierter Werke wie «Das Café der Existenzialisten» sowie «Das Leben Montaignes» sieht in der Tradition des Humanismus den Schlüssel zu einer besseren Zukunft: selbstbestimmt, verantwortungsvoll, nachhaltig, emanzipatorisch. Der Titel ihres aktuellen Werkes lautet deshalb «Wie man Mensch wird – Auf den Spuren der Humanisten». Im Gespräch mit Wolfram Eilenberger entwickelt sie, welche rettenden Einsichten Humanisten für unsere Gegenwart bereithalten.

Was ein gutes Leben ausmacht? Frei denken, furchtlos forschen, handelnd hoffen. Mit anderen Worten: als überzeugte Humanistin durchs Leben gehen. Das sagt die englische Denkerin und Bestsellerautorin Sarah Bakewell. Gespräch über eine Philosophie wahrer Menschlichkeit. Was braucht es, um gegenwärtigen Krisen geistig zu begegnen? In Zeiten religiöser Konflikte, medialer Revolutionen, neuer Technologien und auch pandemischer Bedrohungen? Bereits vor mehr als 700 Jahren stellten sich Menschen diese Fragen mit neuer Dringlichkeit. Und hoben von Norditalien mit dem Humanismus eine neue Denktradition aus der Taufe. In deren Zentrum sollten nicht mehr theologische Dogmen stehen, sondern der freie, einsichtsreiche Mensch – seine einzigartigen Talente, Techniken und Sehnsüchte. Die britische Schriftstellerin Sarah Bakewell, Autorin weltweit gefeierter Werke wie «Das Café der Existenzialisten» sowie «Das Leben Montaignes» sieht in der Tradition des Humanismus den Schlüssel zu einer besseren Zukunft: selbstbestimmt, verantwortungsvoll, nachhaltig, emanzipatorisch. Der Titel ihres aktuellen Werkes lautet deshalb «Wie man Mensch wird – Auf den Spuren der Humanisten». Im Gespräch mit Wolfram Eilenberger entwickelt sie, welche rettenden Einsichten Humanisten für unsere Gegenwart bereithalten.

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We announce a new lawsuit to stop Oklahoma officials from creating the nation's first religious public charter school. After hearing Rupert Brooke's poem "Heaven" (from the point of view of a fish) set to music by Dan Barker, Annie Laurie questions why so many Americans still believe in angels. Then British author Sarah Bakewell tells us about her new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope.

This week, Liberty talks about a couple of amazing books out in paperback today and two 2024 titles to mark down on your TBR now. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann  We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory  My Murder by Katie Williams Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah There There by Tommy Orange Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss literary crime fiction! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Shirley Jackson Awards Long Island Serial Killer - murders & search written about in Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery - Robert Kolker Literary Crime Fiction (Crime Reads) BOOKS DISCUSSED Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Shelter by Jung Yun Kala by Colin Walsh Urgent Matters by Paula Rodríguez, Translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist, a new way to doomscroll, The Changeling adaptation, the most exciting books of the second half of 2023, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Short List [Tor.com] Timeline of the far future [Wikipedia] Context for the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike [Variety] The Changeling coming to Apple TV+ [Deadline] Books Discussed He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (Aug 22, Tor Books) The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (July 11, Gallery/Saga Press) Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (August 15, Berkley) The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (July 18, Flatiron) Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 18, Del Rey) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (July 11, Tordotcom) I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (Aug 29, Henry Holt (BYR)) Books Mentioned: Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord In Charm's Way by Lana Harper Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu System Collapse by Martha Wells The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Tirzah recommends great graphic novel adaptations of popular YA books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What's Up in YA newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Graceling by Kristin Cashore and Gareth Hinds Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina and Mel Valentine Vargas (September 5) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff 8 Great YA Novels Adapted into Graphic Novels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss The Weaver and the Witch Queen, Abeni's Song, Glaciers, and more great books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec Abeni's Song by P. Djèlí Clark Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper Book 1) by Rin Chupeco Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington Glaciers by Alexis Smith The Bookbinder by Pip Williams The Last Ranger by Peter Heller Intermission by Phyllis R. Dixon For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Trisha talks about the late Julie Garwood's impact and older books that help show how popular fiction and genre change over time. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Bride and The Wedding by Julie Garwood Indigo by Beverly Jenkins Rules of Engagement by Stacey Abrams, writing as Selena Montgomery Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Cruise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Jenn talks about two older series that she's reading and loving this summer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Honey Badger Shifter Chronicles (Hot and Badgered #1) by Shelly Laurenston The Expanse series (Leviathan Wakes #1) by James S.A. Corey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tirzah and Erica look back at some well-established YA authors' debuts. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What's Up in YA newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. To subscribe, search "First Edition" in your podcast player of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2 drops Announcing the 2023 Hugo Award Finalists Books Discussed: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim And Reflection by Elizabeth Lim for Disney Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds The Key to the Golden Firebird by Maureen Johnson An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Ash by Malinda Lo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Peter Moore and Sarah Bakewell for a little walking tour of Fleet Street in London. Instead of three scenes, in this episode they stop off at three locations, as Peter tells Sarah about three of the characters who appear in his new book: the printer William Strahan, the writer Samuel Johnson and the politician John Wilkes. Peter Moore is a Sunday Times bestselling historian. His new book is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream. Sarah Bakewell is a prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author, most recently of the history of humanism: Humanly Possible. For more, as ever, visit our website: tttpodcast.com. Show notes Location One: The Old Cheshire Cheese (William Strahan) Location Two: 17 Gough Square (Dr Johnson's House) Location Three: Near John Wilkes's Statue on Fetter Lane People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Asking questions: Sarah Bakewell Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Theme music: ‘Love Token' from the album ‘This Is Us' By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss The Deep Sky, How Can I Help You?, Silver Nitrate, and more great books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei  How Can I Help You? By Laura Sims Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Firebird by Sunmi Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead All That's Left to Say by Emery Lord Be Sure: Wayward Children, Books 1-3 by Seanan McGuire What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Vanessa shares some of her favorite fun science fiction/fantasy series. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book for the second half of 2023! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS STOP THE PRESSES: TANA FRENCH HAS A NEW BOOK COMING IN 2024!!!! Alyssa Cole also has a new thriller coming out!!  Crime Reads Best of List for the first half of 2023 BOOKS DISCUSSED Where All the Light Tends to Go - David Joy Happiness Falls - Angie Kim (August 29) Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll (Sept. 19) The Reformatory - Tananarive Due (October 31)  Here in the Dark: Stories - Meagan Lucas (July 27th) Those We Thought We Knew - David Joy (August 1st) I'm Not Done with You Yet - Jessica Q. Sutanto August 22nd) How Can I Help You - Laura Sims The Centre - Ayesha Manazir Siddigi The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Existentialismen zoomade in på individen, vardagen och friheten. Filosofen Ulrika Björk reflekterar över denna tankevärld och över vad det innebär att man inte föds, utan formas, till kvinna. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Essän sändes för första gången den 10 september 2018. Filosofihistorien är full av ögonblick – tidpunkter som bara kan urskiljas i den plötsliga vändning med vilken något inträffar, som författaren Aris Fioretos skriver i avhandlingen ”Det kritiska ögonblicket”. Ögonblicket är en plötslig övergång har Platon sagt. Oväntat slår något om från rörelse till stillhet, från stillhet till rörelse. Ett mytomspunnet filosofiskt ögonblick är de tyska tänkarna Ernst Cassirers och Martin Heideggers möte i den schweiziska skidorten Davos våren 1929. Deras oenighet om vad det är att vara mänsklig har blivit symbolisk för en splittring inom den europeiska filosofin. Den ena riktningen, som kommit att kallas ”analytisk”, sätter (förenklat såklart) sin tilltro till människans spontanitet och förmåga att skapa sin värld. Den andra, som kommit att kallas ”kontinental”, ser människans ändlighet och historiska tillhörighet som i huvudsak bestämmande för vem hon är. En filosofi om ”förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motvilja…det kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppning Ett mindre omtalat ögonblick inträffar i slutet av 1932, då tre unga filosofer sitter på baren Gaslyktan i Paris och skvallrar över varsin aprikoscocktail. Det är den då tjugofemåriga Simone de Beauvoir, som betraktar världen ”genom sina elegant halvslutna ögon”, hennes tjugosjuåriga pojkvän Jean-Paul Sartre och hans ”charmige gamle skolkamrat” från elitskolan, Raymond Aron. I den stunden föds den moderna existentialismen, skriver Sarah Bakewell i sin internationellt hyllade bok ”Existentialisterna” som kom på svenska 2017. Boken är en sorts biografi över den kontinentala filosofin, vävd kring dess avgörande ögonblick. Simone de Beauvoir har återgett scenen i sin självbiografi. De var alla hemma över jullovet; hon själv och Sartre från lärarjobb i landsorten, Aron från filosofistudier i Berlin. Aron öppnade bådas ögon för fenomenologin. Kanske, föreställer sig Bakewell, beskrev han hur de tyska fenomenologerna gav sig i kast med livet såsom vi upplever det, ”ögonblick för ögonblick”, i den värld vi alltid redan är inkastade i. ”Till sakerna själva!”, som mästaren Edmund Husserl uttryckte det. Det kan översättas till: ödsla inte tid på tolkningar... Betrakta detta framför dig och beskriv det så noggrant som möjligt. ”Du förstår, om du är fenomenolog”, lär Aron ha sagt, ”kan du tala om denna cocktail och bedriva filosofi!” Från det ögonblicket vecklar en skarp, medryckande och underhållande biografi ut sig som varken hemfaller åt jargong, fastnar i biografiska detaljer eller förirrar sig i filosofiska diton. Historien om existentialismens intellektuella vändningar rör sig mellan kafébord och dansklubbar på den vänstra stranden i Paris, Freiburgs föreläsningssalar och obeträdda stigar i Schwartzwald, Svartskogen. Huvudgestalter är Sartre och Heidegger, tätt följda av Beauvoir. Som sinnesstämning, påminner Sarah Bakewell, kan existentialismen spåras till Bibelns missmodiga Predikare och den upproriske (men i slutändan underkastade) Job; till Augustinus självrannsakan och till 1600-talstänkaren Blaise Pascals skräck inför rymdens tystnad. Som rörelse förebådades den av 1800-talets missanpassade (tänk på ångestridna författare som Sören Kierkegaard och Friedrich Nietzsche). Sartres briljans var att han förvandlade den något skrivbordmässiga tyska fenomenologin till en filosofi om ”förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motvilja…det kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppning…en film, en jazzlåt, en glimt av två främlingar som möts under en gatlykta.” Trots att Sartre, så att säga, flyttar ut filosofin till livet där det pågår, är det ingen av hans skrifter som Bakewell utser till existentialismens mest omdanande verk, utan Simone de Beauvoirs ”Det andra könet”. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det ”Le Deuxième Sexe” kom 1949 men föregreps tjugo år tidigare. Vi befinner oss återigen i Paris, denna gång i Luxembourgträdgården ett par år innan existentialismens födelse och samma sommar som schismen i Davos. Beauvoir och Sartre studerar filosofi vid Sorbonne och hon utlägger för första gången sin teori om en pluralistisk etik för honom. Under tre timmar sågar han teorin. Beauvoir kommenterar nederlaget i en dagboksanteckning: ”Jag är inte längre säker på vad jag tänker eller om jag alls kan tänka”. Ögonblicket är emblematiskt för vad det innebär att vara en kvinnlig intellektuell, menar litteraturvetaren Toril Moi. Beauvoirs tvivel rör inte bara det tänkta, utan det egna tänkandet. Det återkommer också indirekt i ”Det andra könet”, där Beauvoir frågar sig varför kvinnor och det feminina vart hon än vänder sig verkar underordnas män och det maskulina. Finns ens ”kvinnan”? Och vad är i så fall en kvinna? Lika lite som mannen är kvinnan något givet, resonerar Beauvoir, men genom historien har hon blivit den andre, objektet, i förhållande till mannen, subjektet. Som när något i rörelse tvingas till stillhet. På åttahundra sidor visar hon hur underordningen har motiveras vetenskapligt, gestaltats litterärt och iscensatts historiskt. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det. Just de orden har blivit ett avgörande ögonblick i Beauvoirs text. Kanske är påståendet ”Man föds inte till kvinna, man blir det” existentialismens mest bevingade mening. Den dyker upp i verkets andra del, där Beauvoir visar hur underordningen levs, ögonblick för ögonblick, men har sedan färdats över kontinenter och språk och inspirerat generationer av kvinnor i deras kamp för frihet. Precis som existentialismen har påståendet viktiga biografiska ögonblick; tidpunkter då det har tolkats i en ny och oväntad riktning. Vi kanske tror att vi föds till kvinnor och män som av naturen begär varandra, skrev till exempel författaren Monique Wittig 1981, men i själva verket skapas begäret av ett förtryckande socialt system. Det finns inget naturligt, stämde filosofen Judith Butler in 1986. Vi föds inte till ”naturliga kvinnor” eller män med ”naturliga begär”. Snarare är det som om vi deltog i en sorts kulturell teater, där vi repeterar – alltså upprepar – begärets handlingar så att de verkar naturliga. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet – det jag inte kan ändra på – men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja Wittig och Butler citerar den bristfälliga engelska översättningen av ”Det andra könet” från 1953: ”One is not born, but rather becomes a woman”. När en ny engelsk översättning kom 2010 löd meningen: ”One is not born, but rather becomes woman”. Vad är skillnaden? Jo, de nya översättarna har utelämnat den obestämda artikeln ”a” (en) framför kvinna. På det sättet, försvarar de sig, har de tolkat den på franska tvetydiga satsen i enlighet med Beauvoirs övertygelse: kvinnan är en social konstruktion. I juni 2011 möttes en grupp filosofer för att tala om översättningen, på en vinbar i Eugen i det amerikanska pinot-noir-distriktet Oregon. Debatten blev lika engagé som på existentialisternas tid och utmynnade i en antologi: ”'On ne naît pas femme: on le devient…' The Life of a Sentence” (2017). I den kan man läsa hur den socialkonstruktivistiska tolkningen, enligt kritikerna, förutsätter ett motsatspar som Beauvoir redan har övergett, nämligen indelningen i något naturligt och något kulturellt. Som fenomenolog utgår Beauvoir istället från livet såsom det upplevs; som existentialist från villkoret att vara kastad in i en situation. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet – det jag inte kan ändra på – men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja vad jag vill göra av denna ”givenhet”. Det låter nästan som en försoning av splittringen i Davos: den mänskliga tillvaron är tvetydig. Med Sarah Bakewells ord är den ”på en och samma gång innesluten av gränser och gränsöverskridande”. I ”Det andra könet”, kan man konstatera när man läser boken idag, skildrar Beauvoir inte bara vad som måste ha varit uppenbart för var och en redan på femtiotalet: att kvinnor underordnas män. Med elegant halvsluten blick förutser hon också ögonblick av förvandling: oväntade tidpunkter då gränser faktiskt överskrids, stillhet slår om till rörelse, förtryck vänds till frihet. Ulrika Björk, lektor i filosofi vid Södertörns högskola Litteratur Simone de Beauvoir, ”Le Deuxième Sexe”, del 1 och II (Paris: Gallimard, 1949) Simone de Beauvoir, ”Det andra könet”, övers. Åsa Moberg och Adam Inczèdy-Gombos i samarbete med Eva Gothlin (Stockholm: Norstedts, 2002) Sarah Bakewell, ”Existentialisterna. En historia om frihet, vara och aprikoscocktails” (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag, 2017) Judith Butler, ”Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoir's Second Sex”, Yale French Studies nr 72 (1986) Aris Fioretos, ”Det kritiska ögonblicket: Hölderlin, Benjamin, Celan (Stockholm: Norstedts, 1991) Peter E. Gordon, ”Contintental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos” (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010) Bonnie Mann & Martina Ferrari, utg., ”'On ne naît pas femme: on le devient…' The Life of a Sentence” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) Toril Moi, ”Simone de Beauvoir: hur man skapar en kvinnlig intellektuell”, övers. Lisa Wilhelmsson (Eslöv: Brutus Östlings förlag Symposion, 1996) Monique Wittig, ”One is Not Born a Woman”, Feminist Studies 1, nr 2 (1981)

Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Locus 2023 Award Winners [Locus] Hugo 2023 Finalists [Book Riot] Alix Harrow on the Hugos [Instagram] Error-Ridden AI-Generated Star Wars Article on io9 [Variety] Sign a poem going to Europa! [Book Riot] Books Discussed The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (cw: intimate partner violence, suicidal thoughts, gore, body horror) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (cw: discussion of intimate partner violence) Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (cw: child death, graphic violence, animal abuse, animal death) Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (they/them) (cw: violence against women, animal experimentation, violence against animals) H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cw: infant death, maternal mortality, attempted suicide, child endangerment, rape, spousal abuse) Flux by Jinwoo Chong (cw: death of a parent) Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica highlights some interesting YA books with tropical settings, full of folklore and history. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What's Up in YA newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Moonlit Vine by Elizabeth Santiago, Illustrated by McKenzie Mayle Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss The Mistress of Bhatia House, The Librarianist, The Centre, and more great books. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans by Laura Trethewey Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark by Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot  Kiss Mi, Mi Amor by Alana Quintana Albertson  When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Aomawa Shields   The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier  The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein  Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin   Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper The Carnivale of Curiosities by Amiee Gibbs For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Kelly talks about two darkly funny works of literary fiction for fans of Yellowface and Mona Awad. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Bunny by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Disorientation by Elaine Hseih Chou One's Company by Ashley Hutson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent) The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Danika talks about a couple genre-mashing sapphic books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra Winchester and Katie McLain Horner share some of their favorite scary summer books! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. *This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission BOOKS DISCUSSED The Postcard by Anne Berest, Translated from French by Tina Kover So Cold the River by Michael Koryta When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Summers Sons by Lee Mandelo Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning by Sarah Weinman Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, an exhibition of the Italian Renaissance painter Lavinia Fontana's work thrills Norma Clarke; and Kieran Setiya on Sarah Bakewell's bravura survey of the history of humanism.'Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, rule breaker', at the National Gallery of Ireland until August 27, with accompanying book by Aoife Brady, Babette Bohn and Jonquil O'Reilly'Humanly Possible: Seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, enquiry and hope' by Sarah BakewellProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(NOTAS Y ENLACES COMPLETOS DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/169-el-arte-de-vivir-montaigne-iii-viajes-autenticidad-y-ataraxia/) Hoy volvemos una vez más a Montaigne, para rematar esta trilogía que le hemos dedicado en nuestra búsqueda de ideas sobre cómo vivir, a partir del estupendo libro de Sarah Bakewell, cuyo título encaja bastante bien porque se llama «Cómo vivir. O una vida con Montaigne en una pregunta y veinte intentos de respuesta».Que terminemos esta trilogía no quiere decir en absoluto que nos terminemos a Montaigne porque es casi infinito ya que, como veremos hoy, todos le seguimos añadiendo de todo. Y es que, como te decía en los capítulos anteriores, Montaigne nació hace casi cinco siglos, pero ha sido reinterpretado una y otra vez por todas las generaciones que lo han leído desde entonces y todas han sentido que de alguna forma les hablaba a ellas. El suyo es un caso extraño, el de alguien que escribía cuanto se le venía a la cabeza sobre su vida, sin aparentemente adornarla demasiado ni preocuparse por lo que otros podrían pensar. Eso, en su época era casi único: si alguien escribía unas memorias lo hacía para ensalzar su propia figura y para destacar los eventos más importantes de su vida, lo que no dejaba casi espacio para reflexiones sobre los aspectos más mundanos y sencillos de la vida. Hoy sin embargo podríamos decir que es casi al revés: de una forma u otra, nos exhibimos casi todos de forma constante en todo tipo de medios y redes, mostramos dónde comemos y con quien o les contamos nuestras penas a quienes se cruzan con nuestros mensajes, nos conozcan o no. Algunos hasta hacemos podcasts. Pero esas también son realidades embellecidas, filtradas y seleccionadas. Montaigne no parecía hacer ni una cosa ni la otra. Seguro que omitió unas cosas y adornó otras, pero la sensación que deja es la de alguien poco preocupado por eso, simplemente entretenido con sus propios pensamientos, que decide dejarlos por escrito, independientemente de si son profundos o superficiales. En los dos capítulos anteriores, repasamos buena parte de esas respuestas a esa pregunta sobre cómo vivir que Bakewell encuentra en la vida y en los Ensayos de Montaigne. Cubrimos más o menos los dos primeros tercios. En el primero, hablamos de cómo vivir sin preocuparse de la muerte, de cómo nuestra perspectiva del mundo está sesgada y limitada, de los efectos de vivir habiendo sido criado de una forma diferente. También hablamos de la importancia de leer mucho, pero sin poner a los autores en pedestales; de la curiosidad como motor de la vida, de cómo vivir con atención. Y de cómo lidiar con los vaivenes que nos encontramos en nuestro camino, apoyándonos en las enseñanzas milenarias del estoicismo, el epicureismo y el escepticismo.  En el segundo capítulo nos adentramos en otras partes de la vida de Montaigne, algunas más criticables que otras. Hablamos sobre la importancia de preservar un espacio físico y mental propio, para nosotros mismos, aunque en el caso de Montaigne fuera también una forma de escaquearse de sus responsabilidades domésticas. Tratamos también la importancia de ser sociables, de ser capaces de conversar sobre cualquier tema, como una vía de aprendizaje, pero también como una vía para conectar con los demás. En eso de conectar con los demás, vimos también cómo Montaigne se empeñaba en apostar por la confianza. Lo hacía físicamente, manteniendo abiertas las puertas de su castillo incluso en los momentos álgidos de las guerras religiosas en Francia; pero también filosóficamente porque vivía convencido de que todos pertenecemos a algo mayor y compartido, no sólo entre los seres humanos, sino con todos los demás seres vivos. Aunque aquello no era únicamente una forma de conectar con otros, sino también una manera de exponerse él mismo a otras ideas y perspectivas. Mucho de lo que vimos en esos dos capítulos era extraño en tiempos de Montaigne. Pero es que, precisamente, esa va a ser la primera de las respuestas a cómo vivir de la que vamos a hablar hoy: «haz algo que nadie haya hecho antes»

(NOTAS Y ENLACES DEL CAPÍTULO AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/165-el-arte-de-vivir-montaigne-ii-costumbres-brujas-y-libertades/)Bueno, pues volvemos a Montaigne. Retomamos hoy sus enseñanzas sobre cómo vivir, sacadas de ese estupendo libro que se titula así: «Cómo vivir. O una vida con Montaigne en una pregunta y veinte intentos de respuesta» de Sarah Bakewell. Y es que el libro, los Ensayos de Montaigne y el propio Montaigne dan para mucho. En el capítulo anterior repasamos aproximadamente el primer tercio del libro, pero lo hicimos muy por encima no te voy a engañar. Es un libro denso con infinidad de enseñanzas de las que yo elegí unas pocas nada más, porque de lo contrario la turra habría sido de las que hacen época. Lo mismo va a suceder con el de hoy y en el tercer capítulo que necesitaremos para cerrar esta mini-serie sobre este personaje tan especial. Así que te animo a tomártelos así, como un resumen necesariamente limitado. Y si te gusta lo que oyes, ármate de valor y lee el libro, aunque sea un pequeño tocho y pueda imponer un poco a priori. Hazlo a ratitos si es necesario, porque es denso, pero creo que realmente merece la pena. Dicho esto, por si no escuchaste el capítulo anterior, sólo te recuerdo que el libro de Bakewell es su búsqueda de 20 respuestas a esa pregunta de «cómo vivir» en la obra de Montaigne; un tipo que nació hace casi cinco siglos, pero que todas las generaciones que lo han leído desde entonces han creído que les hablaba a ellas. De alguna manera, sus vivencias y lecciones son tan humanas y a veces tan contradictorias que siempre encontramos formas de identificarnos con ellas. Ese «cómo vivir» no sólo trata de la ética o la moralidad, sino que significa cómo llevar una buena vida, una que aprovechemos y que merezca la pena, para nosotros y para el resto. En el primer capítulo hablamos básicamente de cómo él entendía que la mejor forma de vivir era despreocupándose de la muerte porque, cuando nos llegue, la naturaleza nos guiará por ese camino. Hablamos también de cómo Montaigne era completamente consciente de que nuestra perspectiva sobre el mundo está limitada y sesgada y de cómo no debemos confiar demasiado en lo que creemos saber. Nos asomamos a la rara forma que tuvieron de criarle, alejado de su familia al nacer y, después, con la extraña regla de que sólo podían hablarle en latín. Hablamos de su relación con los libros, de la importancia de leer mucho pero de no poner a los autores, por importantes que sean, en un pedestal. De no comprarles todo el pescado, vamos; y de afrontar la lectura como una conversación con ellos, pensando en qué estamos de acuerdo y en qué no. Y hablamos también de vivir con atención, con una curiosidad que nos lleve a querer saber más sobre el mundo incluso aunque comprendamos que nos es imposible comprenderlo del todo. Y a la vez de cómo apoyarnos en el estoicismo, el epicureismo o el escepticismo para lidiar con los vaivenes de la vida.Bien, pues hoy vamos a seguir viendo algunas ideas más sobre cómo vivir. Y en nuestro recorrido vamos a revisar algunas partes más inspiradoras de Montaigne y otras mucho más criticables porque, nos guste o no, todas forman parte de la naturaleza humana. Empezando por una respuesta muy curiosa a la pregunta de cómo vivir: ten una habitación privada en la trastienda. 

In conversation with Eric Banks Acclaimed for ''wonderfully readable'' fusions of ''biography, philosophy, history, cultural analysis and personal reflection'' (The Independent), Sarah Bakewell is the author of At the Existentialist Café, a rousing and comprehensive account of the 20th century intellectual movement, which was named one of 2016's best books by The New York Times. She is also the author of How to Live: A Life of Montaigne, a National Book Critics Circle Award–winning biography of the 16th century essayist. She formerly worked as a curator of early printed books at the esteemed Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine, earned a postgraduate degree in artificial intelligence, and taught creative writing at London's City University. In her latest book, she delves into the vast history of humanist thought in order to illuminate its contributions to art, scientific inquiry, and the very nature of our individual spirits. Eric Banks is a writer and editor based in New York. He is director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at the New York Public Library and consulting editor of the forthcoming Robert Rauschenberg Catalogue Raisonné, the first volume of which is scheduled to appear in 2025. Banks is a former senior editor of Artforum, and from 2003 to 2008 he served as editor in chief of Bookforum.  (recorded 5/2/2023)

Jeff and Rebecca are traveling for work this week, so we present the inaugural episode of First Edition to tide you over. We'll be back next week with a regular episode. In the first section, Jeff and Rebecca play a game of “knockout” to figure out what the “it” book of April might be. In the second section, Yahdon Israel, Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, comes on to talk about putting books into the world. And in section three, Sarah Bakewell and Jeff talk about humanism on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: First Edition! First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack. The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Wonder Boy by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane The Wager by David Grann Happy Place by Emily Henry In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung House of Cotton by Monica Brashears Yahdon Israel's Advance Readers Club Soil by Camille T Dungy Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan speaks with Sarah Bakewell about her new book Humanly Possible: seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, inquiry, and hope, how growing up surrounded by books shaped her philosophical mindset, the philosophical principles that she applies to her life, and more.Sarah Bakewell is an author and professor whose work focuses on existentialist philosophy and biographies of adventurers and philosophers. After growing up surrounded by books as the daughter of a bookseller father and a librarian mother, Sarah studied philosophy at the University of Essex, and she later completed a postgraduate degree on Artificial Intelligence. Her work in the 1990s as a curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Library led her to taking on writing seriously, and she has since published five books, including the lauded At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails, and How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer. Her work can be found on her website: sarahbakewell.com.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail

On the podcast this week: In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – with the upper class at the top and the lower class at the base – has been inverted by a new culture which prizes virtue over meritocracy. He joins the podcast alongside journalist and author of Chums: How a tiny caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK, Simon Kuper, to debate (01:04). Also this week: In the magazine, ad-man Paul Burke suggests how the Tories should respond to Labour's attack adverts. Released last week, the adverts have caused a stir for attacking the Conservative's recent record on curbing child abuse, and accuses Rishi Sunak directly of negligence on the issue. Paul is joined by Carl Shoben, who leads strategic communications for Survation and was strategy director under Jeremy Corbyn (17:47). And finally: In the books section of the magazine Philip Hensher reviews Sarah Bakewell's new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Thinking, Enquiry and Hope. Philip says that he admires the humanists of the past, and find them consistently kinder, more decent and generous than their contemporaries. Both Philip and Sarah join the podcast (31:34).  Hosted by Lara Prendergast.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson. 

On the podcast this week:  In his cover piece for The Spectator, Adrian Wooldridge argues that meritocracy is under attack. He says that the traditional societal pyramid – with the upper class at the top and the lower class at the base – has been inverted by a new culture which prizes virtue over meritocracy. He joins the podcast alongside journalist and author of Chums: How a tiny caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK, Simon Kuper, to debate (01:04).  Also this week:  In the magazine, ad-man Paul Burke suggests how the Tories should respond to Labour's attack adverts. Released last week, the adverts have caused a stir for attacking the Conservative's recent record on curbing child abuse, and accuses Rishi Sunak directly of negligence on the issue. Paul is joined by Carl Shoben, who leads strategic communications for Survation and was strategy director under Jeremy Corbyn (17:47).  And finally:  In the books section of the magazine Philip Hensher reviews Sarah Bakewell's new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Thinking, Enquiry and Hope. Philip says that he admires the humanists of the past, and find them consistently kinder, more decent and generous than their contemporaries. Both Philip and Sarah join the podcast (31:34).  Hosted by Lara Prendergast.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson. 

(NOTAS COMPLETAS Y ENLACES DEL PODCAST AQUÍ: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/161-el-arte-de-vivir-i-montaigne-ramon-el-vanidoso-y-un-monton-de-griegos/)Si llevas tiempo escuchándome, sabes que siempre he tenido cierto síndrome de Peter Pan. O más bien algo de vértigo ante la velocidad a la que pasa mi vida. No debo ser el único, ni debe ser algo moderno, ni únicamente occidental, porque pocos temas se han repetido tanto en la historia de la humanidad como las reflexiones sobre el arte de vivir. Haz la prueba, busca en Google o en Amazon simplemente eso, “el arte de vivir” y de pronto te encontrarás casi infinitas obras clásicas y modernas de muy distinto pelaje. Desde Séneca al Dalai Lama, de Krishnamurti a Schopenhauer, de El arte de vivir en soledad a El arte de vivir en pareja, de hacerlo con sencillez o de hacerlo sin miedo. Por salirme, me ha salido hasta una biografía ilustrada de Lola Flores. Esa no la vi venir.Pero, ¿por qué vivir es un arte? El arte es un concepto que tiene infinitas definiciones. Las más habituales tienen que ver con usar la creatividad y la imaginación para crear obras bellas o que expresen sentimientos. Pero, otra forma de verlo, es a través de su naturaleza. La naturaleza del arte es una en la que no hay reglas definidas. No hay una única forma de hacer buen arte, ni la misma manera gusta a todo el mundo. Es más, siempre se pueden encontrar nuevas formas de hacer arte. Decía Susan Sontag que el arte es una forma de consciencia, una manera dinámica de contemplar. Por eso, vivir es también un arte. Porque no hay reglas definidas, ni realmente universales, y porque las decisiones que tomamos en nuestra vida son la forma en la que expresamos nuestras conclusiones de contemplar lo que nos pasa. Que sea un arte, no significa no significa que no podamos aprender de todos aquellos que se obsesionaron sobre el tema antes; igual que un artista puede aprender e inspirarse con otros artistas tan diferentes como Velázquez, El Bosco, Warhol o Kandinsky. O Lola Flores, por supuesto.  Hoy retomamos la serie de diseño vital —esa que en temporadas anteriores usamos para buscar ideas que aplicar en nuestra vida— y lo hacemos para sumergirnos en algunas reflexiones, actuales y clásicas, sobre cómo vivir. Seguramente nos lleve algunos capítulos, no sé cuántos. Aunque, bien pensado, puede llevar toda una vida.

In this kick-off episode, Jeff O'Neal plays a game to determine the “it” book of April with Rebecca Schinksy, talks about what it means to put a book into the world with Simon & Schuster Senior Editor Yahdon Israel, and considers humanism with Sarah Bakewell, on the occasion of the publication of her new book, Humanly Possible. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: It Book Knock-Out Contenders Wonder Boy by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane The Wager by David Grann Happy Place by Emily Henry In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune A Living Remedy by Nicole Chung House of Cotton by Monica Brashears Yahdon Israel's Advance Readers Club Soil by Camille T Dungy Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell First Edition on Instagram First Edition on Twitter First Edition on Substack And please do email me with feedback here: firstedition@bookriot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

English writer Sarah Bakewell is the author of engaging, accessible books about thinkers, from existentialists such as Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre to the 16th century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne – a work which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In her new book, Humanly Possible, Bakewell examines the centuries-long tradition of humanist thinking through the ideas and observations of a range of figures from Boccaccio and Erasmus to E.M. Forster and Zora Neale Hurston.

The award-winning UK author tells Georgina Godwin about a childhood family road trip through south Asia, the US and Australia, working in a tea factory and her new book ‘Humanly Possible: 700 years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry and Hope'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Human beings are small compared to the universe, but we're very important to ourselves. Humanism can be thought of as the idea that human beings are themselves the source of meaningfulness and mattering in our lives, rather than those being granted to us by some higher power. In today's episode, Sarah Bakewell discusses the origin and evolution of this dramatic idea. Humanism turns out to be a complex thing; there are religious humanists and atheistic anti-humanists. Her new book is Humanly Possible: 700 Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope.Support Mindscape on Patreon.Sarah Bakewell did postgraduate work in philosophy and artificial intelligence before becoming a full-time author. Among her previous books are How to Live: a life of Montaigne, and At the Existentialist Cafe. She has been awarded the National Book Critics Circle award in biography, as well as the Windham-Campbell Prize in non-fiction.Web siteWikipediaAmazon author pageTwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by award-winning author and professor, Sarah Bakewell.Sarah joins us to discuss her latest work of nonfiction, Humanly Possible: seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, inquiry, and hope Isy and Sarah also discuss Humanism and religion, finding beauty in the complexity of the world, a brief history of human dissection, and the writing of Michel de Montaigne.Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and please do leave us a review – it really does help us. And finally, to find out more about the #PenguinPodcast, visit https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today the bestselling and prize-winning author Sarah Bakewell takes us back to the mid-fourteenth century. This was a time of great hardship when politics was violently fractured and when the plague was ripping across Europe. But at this singular moment in Western history two figures of genius, Petrarch and Boccaccio, started their pioneering literary work. In doing so they became, as Bakewell explains, ‘the first of the great literary humanists'. This is the starting point of Sarah Bakewell's new book, Humanly Possible, a broad and sweeping history of humanism. In this episode she takes us back to these uncertain first moments, when first Petrarch and then Boccaccio started to hunt for ancient manuscripts and to distil their learning into ambitious literary works of their own. Sarah Bakewell's new book is Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking*, Enquiry and Hope. It will be published next week. *In homage to this freethinking, we've given Sarah a little more leeway (three years instead of the usual one) than usual this week. For more, as ever, visit our website: tttpodcast.com. Show notes Scene One: 1348. Parma.  The Black Death spreads around the Italian peninsula as well as much of the rest of Europe. The writer Francesco Petrarch, living in Parma, does not catch it, but many of his friends die, including "Laura", the woman who inspired many of his most beautiful love sonnets. Scene Two: 1349. Parma, Padua and Florence.  This first outbreak of the disease recedes (though not for long).  Driven by a pervasive sense of loss, Petrarch - now mostly living in Padua - starts gathering copies of the letters he had written to friends over the years.  Scene Three: 1350. Florence. Petrarch and Boccaccio meet. Petrarch is passing through Florence, visiting the city of his exiled family's origins for the first time in his life. Memento: A cutting from one of Petrarch experiments with one his laurel bushes. People/Social Presenter: Peter Moore Guest: Sarah Bakewell Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Theme music: ‘Love Token' from the album ‘This Is Us' By Slava and Leonard Grigoryan Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ See where 1348 fits on our Timeline

The writer Sarah Bakewell explores the long tradition of humanist thought in her latest book, Humanly Possible. She celebrates the writers, thinkers, artists and scientists over the last 700 years who have placed humanity at the centre, while defying the forces of religion, fanatics, mystics and tyrants. But placing humans at the centre isn't without problems – critics point to its anthropocentric nature and excessive rationalism and individualism, as well its Euro-centric history. The philosopher Julian Baggini guides the listener in unpicking the tenets of humanism. His latest books is How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking. Humanism may have relegated the divine to the side lines, but for the characters in Leila Aboulela's novels faith and devotion are integral to their sense of themselves. In her latest book, River Spirit, set in Sudan in the 1880s, her young protagonists struggle to survive and find love amidst the bloody struggle for Sudan itself. Producer: Katy Hickman

In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author Sarah Bakewell to discuss her new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope. Together they chart the history of the Humanist movement and its relevance to this secular age. Image: The six Tuscan poets. Credit: Giorgio Morara / Alamy Stock Photo.

In our latest episode of History Lessons, Mattias Hessérus is joined by author Sarah Bakewell to discuss her new book Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope. Together, they chart the history of the Humanist movement and its relevance to this secular age. Image: The six Tuscan poets. Credit: Giorgio Morara / Alamy Stock Photo

Stoicism, the ancient Greek school of philosophy, resonates today more than ever. It maintains that your thoughts and beliefs create the world you inhabit, not external circumstances, so you need to take responsibility for your mind. Find out in this episode how this can be applied directly to hospitality.We are joined by Jamie Ryder, Founder Of Stoic Athenaeum, who has a philosophy-led approach to his content marketing business. Tune in as we discuss learning to suffer less, three practices all leaders need to apply, and the power of journaling. He shares plenty of nuggets and resources, so check them out in the show notes below. Links:The Daily Stoic Podcast: https://dailystoic.com/podcast/‘The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722532938/ ‘The Obstacle Is The Way' by Ryan Holiday: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781251495/‘How to Think Like a Roman Emperor' by Donald Robertson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1250621437/ ‘Breakfast with Seneca' by David Fideler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1324036605/‘How to Live: A Life of Montaigne' by Sarah Bakewell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/009948515X/ Yamato Magazine: https://yamatomagazine.home.blog/ Jamie's LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-ryder Stoic Athenaeum: https://stoicathenaeum.com/ Jamie's Newsletter: https://drinktothat.substack.com/Hospitality Mavericks Reading List: https://www.hospitalitymavericks.com/p/reading-list/ Connect with the podcast:Join the Hospitality Mavericks newsletter: https://rb.gy/5rqyeq A big thank you to our sponsor Bizimply who are helping progressive leaders and operators making every shift run like clockwork. Head to our website at www.bizimply.com or email them directly at advice@bizimply.com.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Um episódio altamente literário, onde elencamos os livros fundamentais para nossa formação. Abaixo, você confere todos as obras citadas, com os links pra comprar. Aproveite!Dicas da Bia- Gilberto Gil e 10 livros fundamentais na sua formação | https://youtu.be/kgbn6gMhYro- Adoráveis Mulheres – Louisa May Alcott | https://a.co/d/c3wTIgC- Harry Potter – J K Rowling | https://a.co/d/497DVFk- Grande sertão - Guimarães Rosa | https://a.co/d/h7zmqyN- Cem anos de solidão – Gabriel Garcia Marquez | https://a.co/d/hsopEbr- Memórias de subsolo - Dostoiévski | https://a.co/d/9bCw5wq- Crime e castigo - Dostoiévski | https://a.co/d/5Er40rZ- Americanah - Chimamanda Adichie | https://a.co/d/7pGUzeb- Elena Ferrante – Tetralogia Napolitana | 01: https://a.co/d/i1eLZdk | 02: https://a.co/d/eEJ78GR | 03: https://a.co/d/4GduNec | 04: https://a.co/d/id8ZNaP- Uma vida no surf - William Finnegan | https://a.co/d/crag4Kf- A marca da vitória – Phil Knight | https://a.co/d/6uj9RmEDicas do Rodolfo- A Ilha Perdida - Maria José Dupré | https://a.co/d/9XHRTNZ- História do Mundo para Crianças - Monteiro Lobato | https://a.co/d/hD9JwMK- Os Doze Trabalhos de Hércules - Monteiro Lobato | https://a.co/d/3dWCPpK- Vidas Secas - Graciliano Ramos | https://a.co/d/dKm8nYH- Hiroshima - John Hersey | https://a.co/d/6ztb6LK- Conferência sobre Ética Wittgenstein | https://a.co/d/8QKRolQ | PDF: https://emprc.us/4bE48t- O Retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde | https://a.co/d/eiYy9sZ- A Invenção de Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares | https://a.co/d/5X6t6j3- Sonho dos Heróis - Adolfo Bioy Casares | https://a.co/d/8GIwRW5- Os Luminares - Eleanor Catton | https://a.co/d/1c01Qq2- 1Q84 - Murakami (Trilogia) | https://a.co/d/fTgiDV8nknknmDicas do Felipe- Os meninos da rua Paulo - Ferenc Molnár | https://a.co/d/1CsuCv1- Frei Luís de Sousa - Almeida Garrett | https://a.co/d/9gy83Nh- Grande sertão - Guimarães Rosa | https://a.co/d/h7zmqyN- Como viver - Sarah Bakewell | https://a.co/d/2KxuCBF- A cura de Schopenhauer - Irvin D. Yalom | https://a.co/d/9XSeKMm- Quando Nietzsche chorou - Irvin D. Yalom | https://a.co/d/5Xh5dIj- Incerto - Nassim Taleb | https://a.co/d/1nQwMnl- The Warren Buffett Way - Robert Hagstrom | https://a.co/d/b6vQepi- Rápido e devagar: Duas formas de pensar - Daniel Kahneman | https://a.co/d/4OUaG1l- George Soros - Definitivo - Robert Slater | https://a.co/d/3jO75ap- Princípios - Ray Dalio | https://a.co/d/69f2eJY

This week, Vicky and Joe talk about why we shouldn't burst our own balloons and downplay our achievements. That's after Vicky goes on a 5 minute rant about why The Wheel of Time is not something you should read if you want good epic fantasy. So: if you've ever thought that self-publishing is “vanity” or that you need a book deal to make your book “worthy,” grab a cup of tea, settle down, put aside your prejudices, and listen to this. Maybe we'll change your mind.    Key Takeaways: [4:15] Vicky explains why she couldn't get behind the Wheel of Time book series.  [9:45] Self publishing vs. traditional publishing? What's right for you? [11:25] Publishing a book, doesn't matter in what way, is a big deal! Don't discredit it if it's self published.  [14:45] Why is self publishing a cool, and completely legitimate, thing to do?  [16:05] What is the reason why you want to write a book?  [18:50] Traditional publishing doesn't always know what they're talking about/doing. [20:00] Are straight white male authors at a disadvantage?  [23:50] You will not make money off of your book if it's traditionally published.  [24:00] There are pros and cons to both methods of publishing. Choose with intention, not with vanity.  [26:15] Interested in working with Vicky? Reach out!    Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour April Content Calendar Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk Boyhood, Childhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie The Great Hunt: Book Two of ‘The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell 

OMG it's the 301st episode! Question: do you dream about getting onto the New York Times bestseller list? Don't bother mate. Bestseller lists are balls—and if we write a book with the aim of getting onto such a list, our book ain't gonna cut it. This week, Vicky and Joe take a peek into the world of bestseller status, rip it a new one, and natter about The Wheel of Time. Again.   Key Takeaways: [1:25] Vicky is thinking about changing the name of this podcast…again.  [2:10] Can you believe Vicky and Joe have been podcasting since 2015?  [5:35] Quick update on project dingle.  [6:15] Everyone wants to be a bestseller. Why!  [8:15] Don't look at other people's best sellers and assume it's a good book.  [10:35] Just because you have a best seller doesn't mean you've sold a lot of books, or made any money.  [13:05] Although sales might be great, you have to look at why you're writing this book.  [16:30] Vicky will help you write the best book you can write, and have a book you're really proud of.  [17:50] Marketing takes longer, but you'll have a better and more targeted audience by the end of it.  [19:55] Want to write a book but don't know how? Book a free call with Vicky!   Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour April Content Calendar Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk Boyhood, Childhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy The Great Hunt: Book Two of ‘The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell 

Tune in for Vicky and Joe's hot take on hot takes! Yep, this week our hosts have Opinions on other people's opinions. With the internet crammed full of knee-jerk reactions and instant outrage, what's the cost to us as a society? How can we slow down and think things through? What can a noble dude from the 1500s teach us about life? And what does all this have to do with books, anyway?   Key Takeaways: [1:00] It's April but it's snowing! Vicky and Joe are freezing in their home office. [2:35] Joe reads out the title of the book Vicky is reading in his best radio presenter voice. [03:30] We think of essays as the dry and boring academic stuff that was forced on us during school, but Vicky shares why essays are great! [05:05] Montaigne's essays are all about figuring out how to live a good life. [06:15] Update on casa dingle! Let's build some stud walls in the bathroom.   [09:00] What are hot takes? Vicky uses the example of Will Smith's slap at the Oscars.  [10:40] ‘Hot takes' take away the attention of what should've been a really amazing moment.   [11:45] ‘Hot takes' usually happen in social media. Vicky shares what really frustrates her about it. [12:45] There is a lot of pressure to have an opinion on something. Vicky talks about Jameela Jamil as an example. [14:30] Books give you space to think and put forward a considered opinion. [15:20] Montaigne wasn't very bright and forgot things a lot. Vicky explains why she likes his essays.  [16:40] Vicky reads out Mark Manson's email called, The Life Cycle of Outrage, and explains why she recommends it.  [19:20] Joe wonders what the motivation is for the person that puts these stuff out. [21:50] Vicky can't imagine one's life having to comment on everything that's happening. It must be exhausting! [22:35] Opinions get taken as facts but the two are not the same thing. [24:05] We need to be able to entertain an idea that we might profoundly disagree with. The world is not binary. [24:50] Vicky explains why she's a fierce advocate of writing and reading a book or other longer forms of way to consume news vs social media. [26:00] And if you would like to write a book, Vicky is still looking for two beautiful weirdos to come with her to her book coaching event!  [27:05] Think slower, go beyond the knee-jerk reactions and take your time to ponder.   Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour April Content Calendar Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk Boyhood, Childhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy The Great Hunt: Book Two of ‘The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan My Mess is A Bit Of A Life by Georgia Pritchett How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell  The Life Cycle of Outrage by Mark Manson

This is a review of Sarah Bakewell's 'At The Existentialist Cafe', a book that looks at the main minds behind existentialism.    Other books mentioned Heidegger a beginners guide by Michael Watts   The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner    Support   The best way to support the show is to share it with a friend. Or you can share it with a not-a-friend, I'm not fussy.   To get weekly insightful emails from me head to this link: https://aneedtoread.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0334e9242982fc3b7d0ab8bac&id=e2e171e387    Get one month free access to Headspace's full library of meditation at www.headspace.com/needtoread To get 10% off your first month of therapy head to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread from there you'll just need to run through a 5-minute questionnaire and you'll be matched with a therapist within 48 hours.   Get an additional 5 free travel packs and a years supply of Vitamin D3 with your Athletic Greens subscription at www.athleticgreens.com/aneedtoread    I am reachable here: hello@aneedtoread.co.uk     

Do the possibilities for a good life change as you get older, and is a long life desirable? We talk about ageing, health advice for the elderly, life expectancy, families, and the stages of life in early modern Europe. Was it possible to live a good life when old, and if so, good in what sense? This episode's examples are a ballad about an old man neglected by his son and daughter in law, and a brief reflection by the essayist Michel de Montaigne on the Bible verse, ‘To every thing there is a season' (Ecclesiastes 3, 1-8). Sources mentioned Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds, and Shape our Futures (London: Random House, 2020)(see the review in the London Review of Books from May 2021: Francis Gooding, ‘From its Myriad Tips') Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds: The Octopus, The Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness (London: Collins, 2016) Laurence Brockliss and Colin Jones, The Medical World of Early Modern France (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997) Sarah Bakewell, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (London: Chatto and Windus, 2010) ‘The Old Man's Complaint Against His Wretched Son who to Advance his Marriage did Undo Himself' (1658-64). Montaigne, ‘All things have their season', in Complete Works, tr. by Donald Frame (London: Everyman, 2003)See here for the chapter in French: https://artflsrv03.uchicago.edu/philologic4/montessaisvilley/navigate/1/4/29/ Contact us on twitter: @leahastbury and @eclaussen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What we mean by art has changed in modern times -- and there has never been a better time to be an artist. Nishant Jain aka Sneaky Artist joins Amit Varma in episode 260 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his journey, and to share his insights on the creator economy. Also check out: 1. The Sneaky Artist -- Nishant Jain's website. 2. The Sneaky Art Post -- Nishant Jain's newsletter. 3. The Sneaky Art Podcast on Apple and Spotify. 4. Nishant Jain on Twitter, Instagram and Linktree. 5. Earlier episodes of The Seen and the Unseen on the creator ecosystem with Roshan Abbas, Varun Duggirala, Neelesh Misra, Snehal Pradhan and Chuck Gopal. 6. The Story of Art -- EH Gombrich. 7. Population Is Not a Problem, but Our Greatest Strength -- Amit Varma. 8. The Time a Stiff Caught Fire — Keith Yates. 9. Random BOOMER Journalist Says WHAT About Paul Simon??? — Rick Beato's magnificent rant. 10. Puneet Superstar interviewed on Dostcast. 11. Only Fans. 12. 1000 True Fans — Kevin Kelly. 13. 1000 True Fans? Try 100 — Li Jin. 14. XKCD -- Webcomic by Randall Munroe. 15. Objects Speak to Annapurna Garimella -- Episode 257 of The Seen and the Unseen. 16. Roam Research. 17. Zettelkasten on Wikipedia. 18. PG Wodehouse and Agatha Christie on Amazon. 19. Fixing Indian Education -- Episode 185 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan). 20. Kashmir and Article 370 -- Episode 134 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 21. The Citizenship Battles -- Episode 152 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Srinath Raghavan). 22. The Importance of Being Earnest -- Nishant Jain. 23. Shantaram -- Gregory David Roberts. 24. Supermen of Malegaon. 25. The Existentialism of Tiny People -- Nishant Jain. 26. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. 27. A Meditation on Form -- Amit Varma. 28. Reddit Gets Drawn. 29. Imaginary Number -- Vijay Seshadri. 30. A path to infinity, and beyond -- Nishant Jain. 31. Art is for everyone -- Nishant Jain. 32. At The Existentialist Café -- Sarah Bakewell. 33. Levon Aronian interviewed by Sagar Shah. 34. After the End of Art -- Arthur Danto. 35. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte -- Georges Seurat 36. Kya Surat Hai -- Bombay Vikings. 37. Fountain -- Marcel Duchamp. 38. The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. 39. Cat's Cradle -- Kurt Vonnegut. 40. Who Broke Our Republic? — Episode 163 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Kapil Komireddi). 41. The Multitudes of Our Maharajahs -- Episode 244 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai). 42. The Life and Times of Abhinandan Sekhri -- Episode 254 of The Seen and the Unseen. 43. r/vancouver, r/mildlyinteresting and r/interestingasfuck. 44. Some Reddit posts by Nishant Jain: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 45. David Letterman and Bill Gates talk about the Internet. 46. Exhalation -- Ted Chiang. 47. Kurt Vonnegut on Amazon. 48. Catch 22 -- Joseph Heller. 49. V for Vendetta -- Alan Moore and David Lloyd. 50. Watchmen -- Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. 51. Alan Moore on Amazon. 52. Identity -- Francis Fukuyama. 53. The Anarchy -- William Dalrymple. 54. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar -- Tom Holland. 55. The Origins of Political Order -- Francis Fukuyama. 56. Political Order and Political Decay -- Francis Fukuyama. 57. Bluebird -- Charles Bukowsky. Check out Amit's online courses, The Art of Clear Writing and The Art of Podcasting. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It's free!

In the spirit of Plato's Symposium, the Slightly Foxed team enter into lively dialogue with two distinguished magazine editors, Tom Hodgkinson of the Idler and Harry Mount of the Oldie, and learn lessons from notable loafers in literature. We begin with Doctor Johnson, an icon of indolence who wrote an essay called ‘The Idler' and liked time to ponder; this lazy lexicographer claimed his dictionary would take three years to write when in fact it would take nine . . . The wisdom-loving philosophers of Ancient Greece made a case for carving out leisure time, while the anchorite Julian of Norwich favoured a life of seclusion in which ‘all shall be well'. At the age of thirty-eight Michel de Montaigne retired to a grand book-filled chateau to test out ideas in essays, while George Orwell wrote book reviews in hungover misery. Izaak Walton found contemplation in The Compleat Angler and Jerome K. Jerome found humour in Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, while the autodidactic Mitford sisters sought wild freedom. We enjoy a leisurely spell with loungers in fiction, visiting Lady Bertram and her pug in Mansfield Park, taking to Lady Diana Cooper's bed in A Handful of Dust, retreating to Aunt Ada Doom's room in Cold Comfort Farm, settling into the quiet comfort of Mycroft Holmes's Diogenes Club and meeting Thomas Love Peacock's Honourable Mr Listless along the way. And, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging reading recommendations for when you have an idle moment. (Episode duration: 46 minutes; 56 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler (9:49) Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays (11:48) Sarah Bakewell, How to Live (13:05) Plato, Symposium (17:51) Janina Ramirez, Julian of Norwich (18:58) Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust (26:53) Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (28:21) Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat; Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is out of print (29:44) Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy will be available in a new edition in July 2022 (32:29) Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm (34:41) Geoffrey Willans, The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth is out of print (39:51) Gamel Woolsey, Death's Other Kingdom (40:40) Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey (42:29) David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything (43:28) Jane Smiley, The Strays of Paris (46:56) Related Slightly Foxed Articles ‘Study to be quiet', Ken Haigh on Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, Issue 54 (9:49) The Great Self-Examiner, Anthony Wells on the essays of Michel de Montaigne, Issue 69 (11:48) Poste-Freudian Therapy, Michele Hanson on Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, Issue 10 (34:41) Peacock's Progress, J. W. M. Thompson on Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall; Crotchet Castle, Issue 5 (42:29) Other Links The Idler magazine The Oldie magazine Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Michel de Montaigne, a famous French philosopher and writer of the sixteenth century, was deeply interested in the question: “how to live”. Indeed, his writings constantly grappled with this issue. However, his interest was not merely ethical or moral; rather, what he sought was a practical solution to the question: “how can we live a good life?”. To do this, he wrote a total of 107 essays on “how to live” and published what became his widely popular series of “Essais”. These essays were filled with humanist ideas and have had a profound impact on future generations.

This week Adam is joined by poets Richard Barnett and Luke Kennard. Richard Barnet's WHEREVER WE ARE WHEN WE COME TO THE END is an imagining of the experience of the young Ludwig Wittgenstein in the First World War, recounted in the same austere and succinct statements as the philosopher's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, the initial notes for which were taken during the conflict. The result is an affecting examination of love, duty and violence that had such a strong impact on me that it sent me back to investigate Wittgenstein's writing with fresh eyes. Sarah Bakewell called WHEREVER WE ARE WHEN WE COME TO THE END “ingenious, devastating and filled with emotional riches.” Luke Kennard's NOTES ON THE SONNETS, revisits Shakespeare's poetry in a chain of prose poems set in a British house party. The party is a contradictory beast—at once crushingly dull yet flecked with the absurd, at once sprawling yet intensely claustrophobic. Kennard's poems embody these contradictions too, they somehow manage to be superficial yet profound, charmingly insolent yet glacially serious, knowingly pretentious yet deeply insecure and self-critical, and they take in almost every subject under the stars. NOTES ON THE SONNETS was a Poetry Book Society recommendation, and recently won the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2021. Buy WHEREVER WE ARE WHEN WE COME TO THE END here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781912436583/wherever-we-are-when-we-come-to-the-end Buy NOTES ON THE SONNETS here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781908058812/notes-on-the-sonnets Browse our online store here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/15/online-store/16/bookstore Become a Friend of S&Co here: https:/.friendsofshakespeareandcompany.com * Richard Barnett is a poet and historian. He taught the history of science and medicine at Cambridge, UCL, and Oxford for more than a decade, and his history books include Medical London, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and The Sick Rose, an international bestseller. His first poetry collection Seahouses was published by Valley Press in 2015, and was short-listed for the Poetry Business Prize. His next poetry publication was Wherever We Are When We Come to the End, a poetic experiment digging into the form and language of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, published in May 2021. Luke Kennard has published five collections of poetry. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection in 2007. He lectures at the University of Birmingham. In 2014 he was selected by the Poetry Book Society as one of the Next Generation Poets. His debut novel, The Transition, is published in 2017 by Fourth Estate. Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-time Listen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1

Michel de Montaigne te habla de frente y te crees todo aquello que te dice. Muchos clásicos suenan convincentes pero distantes. Con el francés la proximidad asusta. ¿Cómo puede ser que ese hombre, que nació hace 500 años, esté describiendo con todo detalle las cosas que ocurren en mi día a día? La gestión del dinero empieza por el autoconocimiento y Jesús afirma que Montaigne es ese amigo del bar, que te atrapa en el relato, entremezclando historias. Montaigne te habla de sus problemas, unos problemas que también son los tuyos. Los ensayos son un libro para vivir la vida.Escucha el podcast en tu plataforma habitual:Spotify — Apple — iVoox — YouTubeArtículos sobre finanzas en formato blog:Substack Kapital — Substack CardinalApuntes:Los ensayos. Michel de Montaigne.Cómo vivir; una vida con Montaigne. Sarah Bakewell.Montaigne. Stefan Zweig.Un verano con Montaigne. Antoine Compagnon.Meditaciones. Marco Aurelio.Cartas a Lucilio. Séneca.Incerto. Nassim Nicholas Taleb.Índice:0.28. Los pensamientos gaseosos de Montaigne.15.07. La educación que moldea el carácter.35.57. La vida azarosa del flâneur.45.35. Un encierro de 10 años en la torre del castillo.1.07.25. «El más clásico de los modernos y el más moderno de los clásicos».1.11.54. La realización en el ocio, no en el trabajo.1.29.00. El viaje por Italia y la alcaldía de Burdeos.1.37.50. Filosofar es prepararse para la muerte.1.52.45. El acto revolucionario de ser uno mismo.

Show NotesBooks Referenced The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray - https://www.amazon.com/Madness-Crowds-Gender-Race-Identity/dp/1635579988/At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell - https://www.amazon.com/Existentialist-Café-Cocktails-Jean-Paul-Merleau-Ponty-ebook/dp/B00Z3E2KEC/Links ReferencedHow Wrongeth You Are!? A look at Cultural Relativism - https://www.gospelunderground.org/podcast/2018/9/5/episode-26-how-wrongethThe Nicene Creed - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_versions_of_the_Nicene_CreedQuotationsThe explanations for our existence that used to be provided by religion went first, falling away from the 19th century onwards. Then over the last century the secular hopes held out by all political ideologies begin to follow in religions wake. In the latter part of the twentieth century we entered the postmodern era. An era which defined itself, and was defined, by its suspicion towards all grand narratives. However, as all schoolchildren learn, nature abhors a vacuum, and into the postmodern vacuum new ideas begin to creep, with the intention of providing explanations and meanings of their own. Douglas Murray, The Madness of Crowds, page 1.We are going through a great crowd derangement. In public and in private, both online and off, people are behaving in ways that are increasingly irrational, feverish, herd-like and simply unpleasant. The daily news cycle is filled with the consequences. Yet while we see the symptoms everywhere we do not see that causes...Murray, 1.People in wealthy, Western democracies today could not simply remain the first people in recorded history to have absolutely no explanation for what we are doing here, and no story to give life purpose. Whatever else they lacked, the grand narratives of the past at least gave life meeting. The question of what exactly we are meant to do now — other than get rich where we can have whatever fun is on offer — was going to have to be answered by something. The answer that has presented itself in recent years is to engage in new battles, ever fiercer campaigns and evermore niche demands. Defined meaning by waging a constant war against anybody who seems to be on the wrong side of a question which may itself have just been reframed and the answer to which has only just been altered. The unbelievable speed of this process had principally been caused by the fact that a handful of businesses in Silicon Valley (notably Google, Twitter and Facebook) now have the power not just to direct what most of the world know, think, and say, but have a business model which has accurately been described as relying on finding ‘customers ready to pay to modify someone else's behavior' Murray, 1-2.

Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949) is one of the founding texts of modern feminism and one of the most important books of the twentieth century. It covers everything from ancient myth to modern psychoanalysis to ask what the relations between men and women have in common with other kinds of oppression, from slavery to colonialism. It also offers some radical suggestions for how both women and men can be liberated from their condition.Recommended version to buyGoing Deeper: Madeline Gobeil, ‘Simone de Beauvoir, The Art of Fiction No. 35,’ The Paris Review (1965)Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails (2016) Kate Kirkpatrick, Becoming Beauvoir (2019) [Audio]: Simone de Beauvoir, In Our Time See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Existentialismen zoomade in på individen, vardagen och friheten. Filosofen Ulrika Björk reflekterar över denna tankevärld och över vad det innebär att man inte föds, utan formas, till kvinna. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Essän sändes för första gången den 10 september 2018. Filosofihistorien är full av ögonblick tidpunkter som bara kan urskiljas i den plötsliga vändning med vilken något inträffar, som författaren Aris Fioretos skriver i avhandlingen Det kritiska ögonblicket. Ögonblicket är en plötslig övergång har Platon sagt. Oväntat slår något om från rörelse till stillhet, från stillhet till rörelse. Ett mytomspunnet filosofiskt ögonblick är de tyska tänkarna Ernst Cassirers och Martin Heideggers möte i den schweiziska skidorten Davos våren 1929. Deras oenighet om vad det är att vara mänsklig har blivit symbolisk för en splittring inom den europeiska filosofin. Den ena riktningen, som kommit att kallas analytisk, sätter (förenklat såklart) sin tilltro till människans spontanitet och förmåga att skapa sin värld. Den andra, som kommit att kallas kontinental, ser människans ändlighet och historiska tillhörighet som i huvudsak bestämmande för vem hon är. En filosofi om förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motviljadet kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppning Ett mindre omtalat ögonblick inträffar i slutet av 1932, då tre unga filosofer sitter på baren Gaslyktan i Paris och skvallrar över varsin aprikoscocktail. Det är den då tjugofemåriga Simone de Beauvoir, som betraktar världen genom sina elegant halvslutna ögon, hennes tjugosjuåriga pojkvän Jean-Paul Sartre och hans charmige gamle skolkamrat från elitskolan, Raymond Aron. I den stunden föds den moderna existentialismen, skriver Sarah Bakewell i sin internationellt hyllade bok Existentialisterna som kom på svenska 2017. Boken är en sorts biografi över den kontinentala filosofin, vävd kring dess avgörande ögonblick. Simone de Beauvoir har återgett scenen i sin självbiografi. De var alla hemma över jullovet; hon själv och Sartre från lärarjobb i landsorten, Aron från filosofistudier i Berlin. Aron öppnade bådas ögon för fenomenologin. Kanske, föreställer sig Bakewell, beskrev han hur de tyska fenomenologerna gav sig i kast med livet såsom vi upplever det, ögonblick för ögonblick, i den värld vi alltid redan är inkastade i. Till sakerna själva!, som mästaren Edmund Husserl uttryckte det. Det kan översättas till: ödsla inte tid på tolkningar... Betrakta detta framför dig och beskriv det så noggrant som möjligt. Du förstår, om du är fenomenolog, lär Aron ha sagt, kan du tala om denna cocktail och bedriva filosofi! Från det ögonblicket vecklar en skarp, medryckande och underhållande biografi ut sig som varken hemfaller åt jargong, fastnar i biografiska detaljer eller förirrar sig i filosofiska diton. Historien om existentialismens intellektuella vändningar rör sig mellan kafébord och dansklubbar på den vänstra stranden i Paris, Freiburgs föreläsningssalar och obeträdda stigar i Schwartzwald, Svartskogen. Huvudgestalter är Sartre och Heidegger, tätt följda av Beauvoir. Som sinnesstämning, påminner Sarah Bakewell, kan existentialismen spåras till Bibelns missmodiga Predikare och den upproriske (men i slutändan underkastade) Job; till Augustinus självrannsakan och till 1600-talstänkaren Blaise Pascals skräck inför rymdens tystnad. Som rörelse förebådades den av 1800-talets missanpassade (tänk på ångestridna författare som Sören Kierkegaard och Friedrich Nietzsche). Sartres briljans var att han förvandlade den något skrivbordmässiga tyska fenomenologin till en filosofi om förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motviljadet kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppningen film, en jazzlåt, en glimt av två främlingar som möts under en gatlykta. Trots att Sartre, så att säga, flyttar ut filosofin till livet där det pågår, är det ingen av hans skrifter som Bakewell utser till existentialismens mest omdanande verk, utan Simone de Beauvoirs Det andra könet. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det Le Deuxième Sexe kom 1949 men föregreps tjugo år tidigare. Vi befinner oss återigen i Paris, denna gång i Luxembourgträdgården ett par år innan existentialismens födelse och samma sommar som schismen i Davos. Beauvoir och Sartre studerar filosofi vid Sorbonne och hon utlägger för första gången sin teori om en pluralistisk etik för honom. Under tre timmar sågar han teorin. Beauvoir kommenterar nederlaget i en dagboksanteckning: Jag är inte längre säker på vad jag tänker eller om jag alls kan tänka. Ögonblicket är emblematiskt för vad det innebär att vara en kvinnlig intellektuell, menar litteraturvetaren Toril Moi. Beauvoirs tvivel rör inte bara det tänkta, utan det egna tänkandet. Det återkommer också indirekt i Det andra könet, där Beauvoir frågar sig varför kvinnor och det feminina vart hon än vänder sig verkar underordnas män och det maskulina. Finns ens kvinnan? Och vad är i så fall en kvinna? Lika lite som mannen är kvinnan något givet, resonerar Beauvoir, men genom historien har hon blivit den andre, objektet, i förhållande till mannen, subjektet. Som när något i rörelse tvingas till stillhet. På åttahundra sidor visar hon hur underordningen har motiveras vetenskapligt, gestaltats litterärt och iscensatts historiskt. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det. Just de orden har blivit ett avgörande ögonblick i Beauvoirs text. Kanske är påståendet Man föds inte till kvinna, man blir det existentialismens mest bevingade mening. Den dyker upp i verkets andra del, där Beauvoir visar hur underordningen levs, ögonblick för ögonblick, men har sedan färdats över kontinenter och språk och inspirerat generationer av kvinnor i deras kamp för frihet. Precis som existentialismen har påståendet viktiga biografiska ögonblick; tidpunkter då det har tolkats i en ny och oväntad riktning. Vi kanske tror att vi föds till kvinnor och män som av naturen begär varandra, skrev till exempel författaren Monique Wittig 1981, men i själva verket skapas begäret av ett förtryckande socialt system. Det finns inget naturligt, stämde filosofen Judith Butler in 1986. Vi föds inte till naturliga kvinnor eller män med naturliga begär. Snarare är det som om vi deltog i en sorts kulturell teater, där vi repeterar alltså upprepar begärets handlingar så att de verkar naturliga. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet det jag inte kan ändra på men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja Wittig och Butler citerar den bristfälliga engelska översättningen av Det andra könet från 1953: One is not born, but rather becomes a woman. När en ny engelsk översättning kom 2010 löd meningen: One is not born, but rather becomes woman. Vad är skillnaden? Jo, de nya översättarna har utelämnat den obestämda artikeln a (en) framför kvinna. På det sättet, försvarar de sig, har de tolkat den på franska tvetydiga satsen i enlighet med Beauvoirs övertygelse: kvinnan är en social konstruktion. I juni 2011 möttes en grupp filosofer för att tala om översättningen, på en vinbar i Eugen i det amerikanska pinot-noir-distriktet Oregon. Debatten blev lika engagé som på existentialisternas tid och utmynnade i en antologi: On ne naît pas femme: on le devient The Life of a Sentence (2017). I den kan man läsa hur den socialkonstruktivistiska tolkningen, enligt kritikerna, förutsätter ett motsatspar som Beauvoir redan har övergett, nämligen indelningen i något naturligt och något kulturellt. Som fenomenolog utgår Beauvoir istället från livet såsom det upplevs; som existentialist från villkoret att vara kastad in i en situation. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet det jag inte kan ändra på men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja vad jag vill göra av denna givenhet. Det låter nästan som en försoning av splittringen i Davos: den mänskliga tillvaron är tvetydig. Med Sarah Bakewells ord är den på en och samma gång innesluten av gränser och gränsöverskridande. I Det andra könet, kan man konstatera när man läser boken idag, skildrar Beauvoir inte bara vad som måste ha varit uppenbart för var och en redan på femtiotalet: att kvinnor underordnas män. Med elegant halvsluten blick förutser hon också ögonblick av förvandling: oväntade tidpunkter då gränser faktiskt överskrids, stillhet slår om till rörelse, förtryck vänds till frihet. Ulrika Björk, lektor i filosofi vid Södertörns högskola Litteratur Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe, del 1 och II (Paris: Gallimard, 1949) Simone de Beauvoir, Det andra könet, övers. Åsa Moberg och Adam Inczèdy-Gombos i samarbete med Eva Gothlin (Stockholm: Norstedts, 2002) Sarah Bakewell, Existentialisterna. En historia om frihet, vara och aprikoscocktails (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag, 2017) Judith Butler, Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoirs Second Sex, Yale French Studies nr 72 (1986) Aris Fioretos, Det kritiska ögonblicket: Hölderlin, Benjamin, Celan (Stockholm: Norstedts, 1991) Peter E. Gordon, Contintental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010) Bonnie Mann & Martina Ferrari, utg., On ne naît pas femme: on le devient The Life of a Sentence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) Toril Moi, Simone de Beauvoir: hur man skapar en kvinnlig intellektuell, övers. Lisa Wilhelmsson (Eslöv: Brutus Östlings förlag Symposion, 1996) Monique Wittig, One is Not Born a Woman, Feminist Studies 1, nr 2 (1981)

Você sabia que Montaigne pode ter sido o primeiro blogueiro? Nesse episódio, falamos sobre o livro "Como Viver", da escritora inglesa Sarah Bakewell, admiradora apaixonada de Montaigne e biógrafa entusiasta. O livro não é de autoajuda, que procura respostas fáceis e imediatas, mas uma reflexão com diferentes pontos de vista para as complexas questões da vida e outros dilemas, sejam políticos ou sociais. Bakewell nos mostra uma pessoa em suas diferentes fases, errando e tentando tomar boas decisões, como qualquer ser humano. Em nossa conversa, focamos em duas das vinte respostas contidas no livro para a pergunta Como Viver?, que são paradoxais: uma diz para buscarmos o isolamento e a retirada para pensar e olhar para dentro e a outra diz para sermos sociáveis e exercermos uma sabedoria alegre e comunicativa com os outros. Como podemos intuir, ambas necessárias. Um episódio novo toda semana! Siga-nos: @paiefilhocast Apoie o Pai&Filho Cast: https://apoia.se/paiefilhocast Fale com a gente: contato@paiefilhocast.com.br. Referências: Livro: BAKEWELL, Sarah. Como Viver: Uma Biografia de Montaigne em uma Pergunta e Vinte Tentativas de Resposta. Tradução: Clóvis Marques. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2012. MONTAIGNE, Michel de. Os Ensaios. Tradução: Rosa Freire Aguiar. 1.ed. São Paulo: Penguin, 2010. Dicas Musicais: VOU DEIXAR. Compositores: Samuel Rosa e Chico Amaral. Intérprete: Skank. In: Cosmotron. [S.I.]: Epic Records, 2003. 1 álbum, faixa 8. Disponível em: https://youtu.be/j9tAJ3ZyLMY ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Compositores: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Jarrison, Tina Weymouth, Brian Eno. Intérprete: David Byrne. In: David Byrne Live from Austin TX. [S.I.]: New West Records, 2007. 1 álbum, faixa . Disponível em: https://youtu.be/AINJTvRUk1w Playlist oficial do Pai&Filho Cast no Spotify: Pai&Filho Cast Official SoundTrack, por GvA.

Laurie & Matt go back to a format they haven't used in a while, the commonplace episode, where they pull a quote from a book and discuss its implications on the world of teaching and parenting teens. Matt came across this quote while reading How to Live by Sarah Bakewell, but the quote is from Friedrich Nietszche's book Human All Too Human. Here it is: "Among the small but endlessly abundant and therefore very effective things that science ought to heed more than the great, rare things, is goodwill. I mean those expressions of a friendly disposition in interactions, that smile of the eye, those handclasps, the ease which usually envelops nearly all human actions. Every teacher, every official brings this ingredient to what he considers his duty. It is the continual manifestation of our humanity, its rays of light, so to speak, in which everything grows...Good nature, friendliness, and courtesy of heart...have made much greater contributions to culture than those much more famous expressions of this drive, called pity, charity, and self-sacrifice." Please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review! It really helps us become more visible and grow the coalition of caring adults dedicated to the health and wellness of our teens. Get your copy of Matt's book Helping Teens Succeed in High School & Life at amazon.com/author/mattsavesworld To connect with Laurie & Matt and find out more: Visit their website: TeacherSavesWorld.com Email them: info@teachersavesworld.com Twitter: twitter.com/teachrsaveswrld Instagram: instagram.com/teachersavesworld/ Facebook: facebook.com/teachersavesworld/ Show music provided by Brian Karmelich of VirtualCampfire.net

Masculinidade é um assunto que cada vez mais ganha espaço nas discussões sobre sociedade hoje em dia. Ela pode ser muito positiva, mas na maioria dos casos, se apresenta como tóxica e frágil. Nesse episódio, me juntei a @psi.brunergamini, @rafapadua e @menincharcoal pra conversar um pouco sobre o tema. // Indicações do episódio: documentários O Silêncio dos Homens (YouTube), The mask you live in (Netflix), filme Eu não sou um homem fácil (Netflix), livros No café existencialista (Sarah Bakewell), Eichmann em Jerusalém (Hannah Arendt), podcast Mamilos #145 - Masculinidade e Sentimentos // Edição e arte: Rafa Soli @arrasoli // Contato: looknotrabalho@gmail.com // Instagram: @notrabalho

Neste episódio recebemos o Bruno Kafka, membro do conselho do Instituto Barão do Serro Azul, e conversamos sobre as políticas públicas com relação a pandemia de Covid-19. Nas dicas culturais, nosso convidado indica o filme "Alemanha Ano Zero". Que mostra a reconstrução do país, após o final da Segunda Guerra Mundial O Guto indicou o livro 47 contos, do escritor uruguaio Juan Carlos Onetti, também indicou o site da Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia, para quem quiser saber maiores informações sobre o Covid-19 e outras infecções, e o documentário da Netflix sobre o Novo Coronavírus O Diego indicou o livro "No Café Existencialista" da autora britânica Sarah Bakewell. E o Julio indicou as séries abertas no Globoplay "A Grande Família" "Tapas e Beijos" e "Os Normais"

The government has revealed the very simple model driving their public policy response to COVID-19. With focus placed on macro modelling general claims, the government must narrow its attention to micro measures and a timeline for society's recovery (1:26-23:44) On the weekend the IPA called for a safe and responsible roll back of social restrictions, and now the debate's started on removing petty restrictions and starting economic recovery. (23:44-36:13) Parliament has decided to sit for the last time until August, just  when social and economic policy decisions need more scrutiny than ever (36:13-54:56) Your hosts Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by the IPA's Andrew Bushnell as they answer these questions as well as share their isolation culture picks. This week's picks include the computer game Surviving Mars, Sarah Bakewell's How to Live / A Life of Montaigne, and Demolition Man by Marco Brambilla. (54:56-1:11:01) Show Notes Begin to End the Lockdown Now! (with Gideon Rozner) https://youtu.be/Nn5adebL-Co Coronavirus: $1600 fine withdrawn for L-plater charged for breaching lockdown; Remy Varga and Rachel Baxendale https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-victorian-lockdown-lplater-cops-fine-lesson-for-driving-with-mum/news-story/144e5f83370929f59d694f272ef5f83f Upcoming Public Hearings (editor: what's missing here?) https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Upcoming_Public_Hearings PM plans staggered virus exit; Phillip Coorey https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/pm-plans-staggered-virus-exit-20200407-p54hqp Coronavirus: Push to let COVID-19 infect us slowly; Yoni Bashan https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/coronavirus-plan-to-let-covid19-infect-us-slowly/news-story/7a459ae042dfe3316ba42055dc4e5b99 NSW Premier says coronavirus social distancing to stay ‘until vaccine is found'; Paige Cockburn https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-07/nsw-coronavirus-social-distancing-to-stay-until-vaccine-found/12126802 ‘Use isolation to our advantage': Who is exempt from the hard WA border closure?; Lauren Pilat https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/use-isolation-to-our-advantage-who-is-exempt-of-the-hard-wa-border-closure-20200405-p54hb6.html Fortress Queensland: borders locked down as state records fourth death; Stuart Layt https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/fortress-queensland-borders-locked-down-as-state-records-fourth-death-20200402-p54glt.html Coronavirus: Call to sign up for 'Team Australia' has fallen on a lot of deaf ears; Janet Albrechtsen https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/coronavirus-call-to-sign-up-for-team-australia-has-fallen-on-a-lot-of-deaf-ears/news-story/6466ca0aa44fd3946092b45e88ad656b   Culture Picks Demolition Man; Marco Brambilla https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 How to Live or A Life of Montaigne; Sarah Bakewell https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Live-Montaigne-Question-Attempts/dp/1590514831 Surviving Mars; Paradox Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_Mars

Marriage just ain’t what it used to be. It’s evolved from a utilitarian arrangement ensuring survival and inheritance rights, to a gendered division between home and work, to a more modern agreement where people try, at least in theory, to help each other become their best selves. And for renowned marriage researcher, Eli Finkel, the idea of a best self and its place in marriage posed a bit of a conundrum. Finkel picked up Sarah Bakewell’s book, At The Existentialist Café, because, after all, who better to help you understand the nature of selfhood than the existentialists? What he discovered completely changed his view of what it takes to be a person, how we decide who we are, and what that means for the institution of marriage as a whole. Bestselling author of "The All or Nothing Marriage," Eli Finkel talks to Terence about how existentialism not only cured his writer's block but also transformed dread into joy. You can find links to show notes and transcripts of this episode at [https://www.blinkist.com/selfhelp] Let us know what you thought of this episode by emailing podcast@blinkist.com, or say hello on Twitter. Terence is at [@terence_mickey].

Coach Jesus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Josiah Royce "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever" (Psalm 25). Chad Harbach in his novel The Art of Fielding writes about Schwarz a stocky, strong young football and baseball player. He feels determined not to become one of those "ex-jocks" who considered high school and college the best days of their lives.1 For this reason, despite everyone's expectations, he resists going into coaching. The author describes his state of mind. "He already knew how to coach. All you had to do was to look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish that someone would tell about himself? And then you told the guy that story. You told it with a hint of doom. You included his flaws. You emphasized the obstacles that could prevent him from succeeding... People love to suffer as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose your form of suffering... A good coach made you suffer in a way that suited you." The Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards' (1703-1758) perhaps second most famous sermon was called "The Excellency of Christ."2 Edwards describes "the admirable conjunction" of opposites in Jesus who is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God. Christ sits in power at the right hand of the Almighty, above galaxies, at the origin of all things, and yet is so humble that he would be our friend. Nowhere does Edwards describe Jesus as a coach. But this is one way that the mystical Christ becomes present in our life. Christ offers stories that can become our own, that will change how we experience everything. My life has been transformed by Jesus and continues to be. This story of Martha and Mary has sunk deep into my consciousness and profoundly affects how I understand the world and how I act in it. Martha invites Jesus over. Mary breaks social taboos by sitting at the feet of Jesus with the male disciples. Martha bitterly insists that Jesus should order Mary to work like her. And Coach Jesus says, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her" (Lk. 10). At various stages I have asked friends what they think of this story and often they have strong feelings. Many times they feel frustrated and take offense at Jesus. They identify with Martha. They point out that someone has to do these tasks. They want her work to be rewarded. The relationship between all siblings is complicated and many of us simply identify more closely with Martha. Often Bible stories simply do not affirm our sense of fairness.3 Stories like Mary and Martha, the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Day Laborers, Jacob and Essau, Cain and Abel unsettle us. These are stories about people who did not work hard, who should not have been rewarded, but somehow received more than they deserved. In our secular time stories still are what provide orientation in our life. Because we deeply believe in meritocracy, the Bible's lack of respect for our notions of fairness is hard for us. Being deeply attached to fairness may be for us a sign that we lack faith in God. In life context is everything. That is true for the Bible also. This morning we have only part of the story. The episode begins when a lawyer comes to Jesus wondering how to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks what scripture says and the lawyer correctly answers that there are two great commandments, to love the Lord your God with all of your heart and soul and mind. The second commandment is like unto it, love your neighbor as yourself.4 The lawyer asks, "who is my neighbor?" and Jesus answers with the story of the Good Samaritan. It illustrates that loving our neighbor means transcending our identity, and reaching across boundaries to care for another person. This story of Martha and Mary on the other hand is an answer to the question of how we love God. For me, after a lifetime of study, each year it becomes less about fairness and more about learning to listen. Paying attention is how we love God. This morning I want to point out three brief implications of this kind of listening from two philosophers and a theologian. 1. Choosing. On October 28, 1945 the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) gave a talk at the Club Maintenant in Paris to a surprisingly large crowd He concluded by telling the story of an ex-student who had come to him for advice during World War II. The young man's brother had been killed in battle in 1940 fighting the Germans. His father became a collaborator with the Germans and deserted the family. This young man was his mother's only support and companion.5 The young man really wanted to go across the border through Spain to England where he hoped to fight the Nazis with the Free French forces in exile. In this way he longed to avenge his brother, defy his father and save his country. The only problem was that there would be no one to care for his mother during this time of food shortages and violent upheaval. How do you decide between contributing to the greater good and caring for your mother? According to Sartre established authorities like priests and scholars have nothing to offer. Our inner voice is also confused by competing values. We wonder if we are deceiving ourselves. In short, nothing can relieve us of the burden of freedom. Social conventions, our history, psychology and habits are what he calls "the situation" in which we act. But they do not finally determine what we will do. We are free to choose and in that decision we become who we will be. With each decision we create our self. Although the young man faces a particularly dramatic decision, all of us are in the same situation. We are compelled to invent who we will be. In every instant we are determining what kind of a relationship we will have with God. We can be so busy with our careers and our cell phones that we create a self that is incapable of sitting still and listening to Jesus. 2. Loving. The turn of the twentieth century Harvard philosophy professor Josiah Royce (1855-1916) grew up in Grass Valley California. As a boy he would visit the grave of a gold prospector behind his house and wonder what it would feel like to live and die so anonymously, alone and far from home. He always felt a bit like an outsider.6 Royce's son Christopher was diagnosed with "acute abulia" a mental illness that we might call depression today and died in his twenties. While his colleagues emphasized experience and individualism Royce talked about community. Royce worried about the way modern life seems to detach and isolate us. He always emphasized the importance of belonging to a greater whole, of our loyalty to, even our love for, this world entrusted to our care. One of his students William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) with his wife Agnes wrote a book called The Meaning of God in Human Experience. The tile of Chapter 23 is "Prayer and its Answer."7 They call prayer active, a way of seeking the Divine through worship. The answer comes when we passively and effortlessly receive God. They write, "The best known of all experiences of [this] mystic type is that of discovering the individuality of another person."8 Mary discovers Jesus in just this way. We too meet Jesus in our deepest connections with other people. 3. Joyfully. The theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) writes that our humanity arises out of what he calls being in encounter, from the quality of our relationships with other people. This is always a reciprocal relationship. It involves really sharing ourselves and being genuinely open to someone's real differences from us. He describes four elements to this. First, it means really looking another person in the eye in a way that allows our self to be seen. Second, it involves really listening to others and speaking the truth about ourselves. Third, it means being ready to help and to be helped. But these are not enough. To really be human we need to do these things "gladly." At our very heart, if we do not do something gladly, it is not who we really are. Our fundamental humanity is not something that we can just choose to put on or take off like a hat.9 If someone said "be joyful!" you might wonder where to start and what to do. We usually regard joy as a passing feeling that just happens to us rather than a habitual disposition that shapes our experience of the world. If you really want to experience joy you need to realize that it comes to us when we cultivate a sense of gratitude and humility. Joy arises out of a life of prayer. Anne Lammott writes that the most essential prayers fall into three categories that can be each described with a single word. "Help. Thanks. Wow." In each of these moments turning to God leads us more deeply into an experience of gladness. In conclusion, like a good coach or better like a true friend, Jesus tells us the story that will transform our lives, so that some good may come of the suffering that is uniquely our own. As I listen at the feet of Christ this week I am learning that we can be free from the past, that with every choice we can draw closer to God and create something beautiful with who we are. Just as Jesus calls Martha in from her solitary work, he invites us also to step out of the isolating individualism of our culture and to seek that mystic experience of the holiness present in every person. The cares and anxieties that we take on do not have to own us. By living with gratitude, humility and love we can open find abiding joy. Let us pray: As Martha served you, Lord, so too may we with faithful hearts and loving care prepare all things for your feast. But grant us more, O Lord, that as we work we may be tuned with Mary’s ear to hear in all we do, the lessons that you teach. Amen (Adapted from Lucy Mason Nuesse).10 1 Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (NY: Back Bay Books, 2011) 149. 2 Jonathan Edwards, "The Excellency of Christ." http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/edwards/excellency.html 3 7 Pent (7-19-98) 11C. 4 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 5 Sarah Bakewell, The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails (NY: Other Press, 2016) 7-9. 6 John Kaag, American Philosophy: A Love Story (NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) 165ff. 7 William Ernest Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience: A Philosophic Study of Religion (New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1912). https://archive.org/stream/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp_djvu.txt 8 Ibid., 175. 9 Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III.2: The Doctrine of Creation tr. H Knight, G.W. Bromiley, J.K.S. Reid, R.H. Fuller (NY: T & T Clark, 1960) 267. 10 Diocesan Altar Guild (6-19-04) 11C.

Bestselling author of "The All or Nothing Marriage," Eli Finkel's story of how existentialism not only cured his writer's block but transformed dread into joy.

Existentialismen zoomade in på individen, vardagen och friheten. Filosofen Ulrika Björk reflekterar över denna tankevärld och över vad det innebär att man inte föds, utan formas, till kvinna. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Filosofihistorien är full av ögonblick tidpunkter som bara kan urskiljas i den plötsliga vändning med vilken något inträffar, som författaren Aris Fioretos skriver i avhandlingen Det kritiska ögonblicket. Ögonblicket är en plötslig övergång har Platon sagt. Oväntat slår något om från rörelse till stillhet, från stillhet till rörelse. Ett mytomspunnet filosofiskt ögonblick är de tyska tänkarna Ernst Cassirers och Martin Heideggers möte i den schweiziska skidorten Davos våren 1929. Deras oenighet om vad det är att vara mänsklig har blivit symbolisk för en splittring inom den europeiska filosofin. Den ena riktningen, som kommit att kallas analytisk, sätter (förenklat såklart) sin tilltro till människans spontanitet och förmåga att skapa sin värld. Den andra, som kommit att kallas kontinental, ser människans ändlighet och historiska tillhörighet som i huvudsak bestämmande för vem hon är. en filosofi om förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motviljadet kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppning Ett mindre omtalat ögonblick inträffar i slutet av 1932, då tre unga filosofer sitter på baren Gaslyktan i Paris och skvallrar över varsin aprikoscocktail. Det är den då tjugofemåriga Simone de Beauvoir, som betraktar världen genom sina elegant halvslutna ögon, hennes tjugosjuåriga pojkvän Jean-Paul Sartre och hans charmige gamle skolkamrat från elitskolan, Raymond Aron. I den stunden föds den moderna existentialismen, skriver Sarah Bakewell i sin internationellt hyllade bok Existentialisterna som kom på svenska 2017. Boken är en sorts biografi över den kontinentala filosofin, vävd kring dess avgörande ögonblick. Simone de Beauvoir har återgett scenen i sin självbiografi. De var alla hemma över jullovet; hon själv och Sartre från lärarjobb i landsorten, Aron från filosofistudier i Berlin. Aron öppnade bådas ögon för fenomenologin. Kanske, föreställer sig Bakewell, beskrev han hur de tyska fenomenologerna gav sig i kast med livet såsom vi upplever det, ögonblick för ögonblick, i den värld vi alltid redan är inkastade i. Till sakerna själva!, som mästaren Edmund Husserl uttryckte det. Det kan översättas till: ödsla inte tid på tolkningar... Betrakta detta framför dig och beskriv det så noggrant som möjligt. Du förstår, om du är fenomenolog, lär Aron ha sagt, kan du tala om denna cocktail och bedriva filosofi! Från det ögonblicket vecklar en skarp, medryckande och underhållande biografi ut sig som varken hemfaller åt jargong, fastnar i biografiska detaljer eller förirrar sig i filosofiska diton. Historien om existentialismens intellektuella vändningar rör sig mellan kafébord och dansklubbar på den vänstra stranden i Paris, Freiburgs föreläsningssalar och obeträdda stigar i Schwartzwald, Svartskogen. Huvudgestalter är Sartre och Heidegger, tätt följda av Beauvoir. Som sinnesstämning, påminner Sarah Bakewell, kan existentialismen spåras till Bibelns missmodiga Predikare och den upproriske (men i slutändan underkastade) Job; till Augustinus självrannsakan och till 1600-talstänkaren Blaise Pascals skräck inför rymdens tystnad. Som rörelse förebådades den av 1800-talets missanpassade (tänk på ångestridna författare som Sören Kierkegaard och Friedrich Nietzsche). Sartres briljans var att han förvandlade den något skrivbordmässiga tyska fenomenologin till en filosofi om förväntan, trötthet, ängslan, om en vandring uppför en kulle, passionen för en åtrådd älskare, motviljadet kalla havet vid Le Havre om hösten, känslan av att sitta på en alltför tjock möbelstoppningen film, en jazzlåt, en glimt av två främlingar som möts under en gatlykta. Trots att Sartre, så att säga, flyttar ut filosofin till livet där det pågår, är det ingen av hans skrifter som Bakewell utser till existentialismens mest omdanande verk, utan Simone de Beauvoirs Det andra könet. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det Le Deuxième Sexe kom 1949 men föregreps tjugo år tidigare. Vi befinner oss återigen i Paris, denna gång i Luxembourgträdgården ett par år innan existentialismens födelse och samma sommar som schismen i Davos. Beauvoir och Sartre studerar filosofi vid Sorbonne och hon utlägger för första gången sin teori om en pluralistisk etik för honom. Under tre timmar sågar han teorin. Beauvoir kommenterar nederlaget i en dagboksanteckning: Jag är inte längre säker på vad jag tänker eller om jag alls kan tänka. Ögonblicket är emblematiskt för vad det innebär att vara en kvinnlig intellektuell, menar litteraturvetaren Toril Moi. Beauvoirs tvivel rör inte bara det tänkta, utan det egna tänkandet. Det återkommer också indirekt i Det andra könet, där Beauvoir frågar sig varför kvinnor och det feminina vart hon än vänder sig verkar underordnas män och det maskulina. Finns ens kvinnan? Och vad är i så fall en kvinna? Lika lite som mannen är kvinnan något givet, resonerar Beauvoir, men genom historien har hon blivit den andre, objektet, i förhållande till mannen, subjektet. Som när något i rörelse tvingas till stillhet. På åttahundra sidor visar hon hur underordningen har motiveras vetenskapligt, gestaltats litterärt och iscensatts historiskt. Hennes chockerande budskap, för en läsare på femtiotalet, är att det inte skulle behöva vara såhär: man föds inte till (underordnad, tinglik) kvinna; man blir det. Just de orden har blivit ett avgörande ögonblick i Beauvoirs text. Kanske är påståendet Man föds inte till kvinna, man blir det existentialismens mest bevingade mening. Den dyker upp i verkets andra del, där Beauvoir visar hur underordningen levs, ögonblick för ögonblick, men har sedan färdats över kontinenter och språk och inspirerat generationer av kvinnor i deras kamp för frihet. Precis som existentialismen har påståendet viktiga biografiska ögonblick; tidpunkter då det har tolkats i en ny och oväntad riktning. Vi kanske tror att vi föds till kvinnor och män som av naturen begär varandra, skrev till exempel författaren Monique Wittig 1981, men i själva verket skapas begäret av ett förtryckande socialt system. Det finns inget naturligt, stämde filosofen Judith Butler in 1986. Vi föds inte till naturliga kvinnor eller män med naturliga begär. Snarare är det som om vi deltog i en sorts kulturell teater, där vi repeterar alltså upprepar begärets handlingar så att de verkar naturliga. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet det jag inte kan ändra på men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja  Wittig och Butler citerar den bristfälliga engelska översättningen av Det andra könet från 1953: One is not born, but rather becomes a woman. När en ny engelsk översättning kom 2010 löd meningen: One is not born, but rather becomes woman. Vad är skillnaden? Jo, de nya översättarna har utelämnat den obestämda artikeln a (en) framför kvinna. På det sättet, försvarar de sig, har de tolkat den på franska tvetydiga satsen i enlighet med Beauvoirs övertygelse: kvinnan är en social konstruktion. I juni 2011 möttes en grupp filosofer för att tala om översättningen, på en vinbar i Eugen i det amerikanska pinot-noir-distriktet Oregon. Debatten blev lika engagé som på existentialisternas tid och utmynnade i en antologi: On ne naît pas femme: on le devient The Life of a Sentence (2017). I den kan man läsa hur den socialkonstruktivistiska tolkningen, enligt kritikerna, förutsätter ett motsatspar som Beauvoir redan har övergett, nämligen indelningen i något naturligt och något kulturellt. Som fenomenolog utgår Beauvoir istället från livet såsom det upplevs; som existentialist från villkoret att vara kastad in i en situation. En situation, på existentialismens språk, rymmer sådant som är givet det jag inte kan ändra på men också friheten att i varje ögonblick välja vad jag vill göra av denna givenhet. Det låter nästan som en försoning av splittringen i Davos: den mänskliga tillvaron är tvetydig. Med Sarah Bakewells ord är den på en och samma gång innesluten av gränser och gränsöverskridande. I Det andra könet, kan man konstatera när man läser boken idag, skildrar Beauvoir inte bara vad som måste ha varit uppenbart för var och en redan på femtiotalet: att kvinnor underordnas män. Med elegant halvsluten blick förutser hon också ögonblick av förvandling: oväntade tidpunkter då gränser faktiskt överskrids, stillhet slår om till rörelse, förtryck vänds till frihet. Ulrika Björk, lektor i filosofi vid Södertörns högskola   Litteratur Simone de Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe, del 1 och II (Paris: Gallimard, 1949) Simone de Beauvoir, Det andra könet, övers. Åsa Moberg och Adam Inczèdy-Gombos i samarbete med Eva Gothlin (Stockholm: Norstedts, 2002) Sarah Bakewell, Existentialisterna. En historia om frihet, vara och aprikoscocktails (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag, 2017) Judith Butler, Sex and Gender in Simone de Beauvoirs Second Sex, Yale French Studies nr 72 (1986) Aris Fioretos, Det kritiska ögonblicket: Hölderlin, Benjamin, Celan (Stockholm: Norstedts, 1991) Peter E. Gordon, Contintental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010) Bonnie Mann & Martina Ferrari, utg., On ne naît pas femme: on le devient The Life of a Sentence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017) Toril Moi, Simone de Beauvoir: hur man skapar en kvinnlig intellektuell, övers. Lisa Wilhelmsson (Eslöv: Brutus Östlings förlag Symposion, 1996) Monique Wittig, One is Not Born a Woman, Feminist Studies 1, nr 2 (1981)

We discuss the philosophies of Montaigne and his outlook on the world!

This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Partially Examined Life: www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Gregory B. Sadler on YouTube: www.youtube.com/gbisadler. Born in Rocken, in Prussia in 1844, Nietzsche set out his career in philology but later turned to writing idiosyncratic philosophical treatise and collections of aphorisms. He directed these against the pious dogmas of Christianity and traditional philosophy. He saw both as self-serving veils drawn over the harsher realities of life. He felt we needed not a high moral or theological ideals but a deeply critical form of cultural genealogy that would uncover the reasons why we humans are as we are and how we have come to be this way. He believed that every great philosopher actually a kind of involuntary and unconscious memoir rather than conducting an impersonal search for knowledge. Studying our own moral genealogy cannot help us escape or transcend ourselves but it can enable us to see our illusions more clearly and lead a more vital, assertive existence. There is no God in this picture. The human beings who created God have also killed him. It is now up to us alone. The way to live is not to throw ourselves into faith but into our own lives, conducting them in affirmation of every moment, exactly as it without wishing anything was different and without harbouring resentment for others or our fate (Sarah Bakewell, The Existentialist Cafe, p.19-20). Part I. What is the philosophical underpinning of Nietzsche? (36:40 in Part I), Part II. An Introduction to Nietzsche’s Thought (50:00 in Part I), Part III. What can Nietzsche teach us? (00:05 in Part II), Part IV. Further Analysis and Discussion. (28:15 in Part II).

This episode is proudly supported by New College of the Humanities. To find out more about the college and their philosophy programmes, please visit www.nchlondon.ac.uk/panpsycast. Everything you could need is on www.thepanpsycast.com! Please tweet us your thoughts at www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast. The Partially Examined Life: www.partiallyexaminedlife.com. Gregory B. Sadler on YouTube: www.youtube.com/gbisadler. Born in Rocken, in Prussia in 1844, Nietzsche set out his career in philology but later turned to writing idiosyncratic philosophical treatise and collections of aphorisms. He directed these against the pious dogmas of Christianity and traditional philosophy. He saw both as self-serving veils drawn over the harsher realities of life. He felt we needed not a high moral or theological ideals but a deeply critical form of cultural genealogy that would uncover the reasons why we humans are as we are and how we have come to be this way. He believed that every great philosopher actually a kind of involuntary and unconscious memoir rather than conducting an impersonal search for knowledge. Studying our own moral genealogy cannot help us escape or transcend ourselves but it can enable us to see our illusions more clearly and lead a more vital, assertive existence. There is no God in this picture. The human beings who created God have also killed him. It is now up to us alone. The way to live is not to throw ourselves into faith but into our own lives, conducting them in affirmation of every moment, exactly as it without wishing anything was different and without harbouring resentment for others or our fate (Sarah Bakewell, The Existentialist Cafe, p.19-20). Part I. What is the philosophical underpinning of Nietzsche? (36:40 in Part I), Part II. An Introduction to Nietzsche’s Thought (50:00 in Part I), Part III. What can Nietzsche teach us? (00:05 in Part II), Part IV. Further Analysis and Discussion. (28:15 in Part II).

Grand Hotel Abyss is a majestic group biography exploring who the Frankfurt School were and why they matter today. Combining biography, philosophy and storytelling, Jeffries explores how the Frankfurt thinkers, including Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse, gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism. Their lives, like their ideas, profoundly, sometimes tragically, reflected and shaped the shattering events of the twentieth century. In conversation with Sarah Bakewell, the author of the critically acclaimed At the Existentialist Café, portraying the lives and ideas of the existentialists, Jeffries discussed how the Frankfurt School elaborated upon the nature and crisis of our mass-produced, mechanised society, and how much these ideas still tell us about our age of social media and runaway consumption. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Epigraph We are fucking thrilled to have Michael Kindness and Ann Kingman on Episode 11. Michael and Ann are the hosts of the late, great Books on the Nightstand podcast and sales reps for Penguin Random House. This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk. We were too excited about hosting Books on the Nightstand to mention Books & Whatnot on air, but you should definitely check out the newsletter archive here. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. Introduction In Which Ann Doesn’t Let Us Set Anything on Fire, Emma Makes Coworkers Awkward, Michael Activates Host Mode, and Kim Finds a Book Too Relevant We’re drinking Cider House Drools (local hard cider, shot of rum, dash of bitters). The alternate drink is the Out-cider (sub bourbon for rum). Or, if you’re Michael and rockin’ the cold medicine, tea. Ann had originally planned to have us drink Charles Dickens’s punch, which involves a shit ton of alcohol and, uh, fire. If you’re braver than we are, here’s the recipe: https://food52.com/blog/18626-the-punch-you-add-a-spoonful-of-fire-to-literally What We’re Reading:   Emma is reading: Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson and Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson (Bonus reading! Check out The New Yorker article about the new Shirley Jackson bio: The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson) Michael is reading: Shadow Man by Alan Drew (pubs 23 May 2017... also mentioned: Gardens of Water) Ann is reading: The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve (pubs 2 May 2017) Kim is reading: Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why by Sady Doyle Emma and Kim just read Vicious by V E Schwab (shout out to book club!) Chapter I [11:00] In Which We Discuss the Noble Role of the Bookseller to Booksellers and How To Be an Introvert in a Socially-Focused Industry Ann and Michael work for this little publishing house you’ve probably never heard of named Penguin Random House. Yeah, we think they should have called themselves the Random Penguin House, too. Be among your people at BookRiot Live. They have designated reading rooms, for all y’all introverted book nerds. We see you. Chapter II [19:20] In Which We Unveil the Creation Story of Books on the Nightstand, Michael Issues a Mea Culpa for not Reading Ann’s Recs Sooner, and Kim Wonders About Knitting Podcasts Books on the Nightstand readers voted on what Michael should read over the summer. The results: So, due to popular demand, Michael finally read Ann’s recommendations from yeeeeeeears ago: Stoner by John Williams and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. He also recently discovered how great Stephen King is and treated himself to Salem’s Lot for Halloween. Ann recently reread The Secret History by Donna Tartt. She also loved The Nix by Nathan Hill and Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard Check out the last eight years of Books on the Nightstand episodes at their website: http://booksonthenightstand.com/podcasts. BTW, Booktopia is still alive via Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT. Field trip? Michael’s Recent Favorite Comics/Graphic Novels/Graphica: The Vision by Tom King DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan Emma follows up with a rec for Joyride by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, then we all nerd out about Lumberjanes. (Seriously, y’all. it’s awesome.) Chapter III [35:10] In Which Ann Wants to Read The Road Set at a Boarding School, Kim is Uncomfortable with Magical Realism, and We Crush on Bookstores Ann’s book description guaranteed to get her reading: A dark and disturbing apocalyptic story collection of thrillers set in boarding schools. The Unfinished World: And Other Stories by Amber Sparks The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Secret Place by Tana French Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel The Road by Cormac McCarthy Favorite Short Story Collections Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Emma has to name drop Kelly Link (obvi) and everybody flips out.  Ann: Tenth of December by George Saunders. She also loves the individual stories “Anything Helps” by Jess Walter (from We Live in Water) and “Governor’s Ball” by Ron Carlson (expanded upon in Ron Carlson Writes a Story) Desert Island/Station Eleven/Wild Books Michael used to say The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, but he doesn’t actually... like reading Shakespeare, so maybe not. So then he thought he’d pick 100 Skills You'll Need for the End of the World (as We Know It) by Ana Maria Spagna, illustrated by Brian Cronin. But, naw, nevermind. He’d bring DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke. Ann would take The Complete Essays by Michel De Montaigne, because she got a crush on him due to How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell. Go-To Handsell Michael: Any Human Heart by William Boyd and Stoner by John Williams Ann - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (IT’S ABOUT JESUITS IN SPACE, GUYS) Bookseller Confessions Michael still hasn’t read Great Expectations. But, I mean, he read A Christmas Carol, so he’s read Dicken’s okay? Also, he hasn’t read Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Neither has Emma. Or Kim. But we’ve read Alan Moore’s Watchmen, so that balances out, right? Right?? Ann convinced hundreds of people to read War and Peace with her, but only got to page 75. At least she’s inspiring. Bookstore Crushes Ann: Green Apple in San Francisco, CA (featured in Ep 8 with Pete Mulvihill) Michael: Powell’s Books in Portland, OR (featured in Ep 3 with Kevin Sampsell) Favorite literary podcasts The Readers Literary Disco What Should I Read Next Chapter IV [52:45] In Which Michael and Ann Tell Us About Two Three Books They Can’t Wait for Us to Read Michael: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Gilded Cage by Vic James (pubs 14 Feb 2017) The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti (pubs 28 March 2017) Ann: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel (pubs 7 March 2017) American War by Omar El Akkad (pubs 4 April 2017) Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny (pubs 23 May 2017) Epilogue [1:05:50] You can follow Ann and Michael on Twitter at: Ann: @annkingman Michael: @mkindness  They’re also on Instagram, Litsy, and Goodreads, so look them up there. You can find us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller and everywhere else as DrunkBooksellers (plural).  Aaaaaaand, we’re about to launch an Instagram account, so you should probably start following that @DrunkBooksellers. Our dear friend and fellow bookseller is in charge of it, and it’s gonna be weird and wonderful. Here’s a teaser: Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes bookish things for Book Riot.  Kim tweets occasionally from @finaleofseem, but don’t expect too much.

Philosophical discussion abounds this week as Robin and Josie are joined by author of, amongst many great books, ‘At the Existentialist Café’, Sarah Bakewell. They wander through the work of Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Mervyn Peake and many more besides before arriving at the conclusion that basically we should just all reread ‘The Great Gatsby’ more often than we do.

Where better to discuss Sartre, Beauvoir, Existentialism and apricot cocktails than Shakespeare and Company? And who better to converse with than Sarah Bakewell, author of the superb At The Existentialist Café.

This week's show features our final interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. We talk with Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails. Tony Tulathimutte joins us to discuss his novel Private Citizens and how he overcame his fear of writing comedy. We also talk with Andrea Kleine about her deeply personal novel Calf, a story about a love affair between John Hinckley, Jr. (the failed Reagan assassin) and Leslie DeVeau, a woman who murdered her own daughter. This episode is sponsored by Otherppl with Brad Listi, a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading authors, poets, and screenwriters. Electric Literature calls it “one of the best podcasts on the web,” and Buzzfeed calls it “the perfect way to get the story behind your stories.” There are now more than 400 episodes available — and counting. Hear conversations with writers like George Saunders, Cheryl Strayed, Roxane Gay, Leslie Jamison, Hanya Yanagihara, Jonathan Lethem, Sheila Heti, Eileen Myles, and many more. Otherppl with Brad Listi has its own official app, available for free at your favorite app store. The show is also available for free at iTunes and Stitcher, and on the web at otherppl.com.

This week, Sarah Bakewell discusses her new book about the existentialists; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Liesl Schillinger talks about a new biography of Blanche Knopf; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.

 The best-selling author of the National Book Critics Circle Award-Winner How to Live, a spirited account of twentieth century intellectual movements and revolutionary thinkers, delivers a timely new take on the lives of influential philosophers Sartre, De Beauvoir, Camus, and others. At The Existentialist Café journeys to 1930s Paris to explore a passionate cast of philosophers, playwrights, anthropologists, convicts, and revolutionaries who would spark a rebellious wave of postwar liberation movements. From anticolonialism to feminism and gay rights, join Bakewell as she discusses with David L. Ulin what the pioneering existentialists can teach us about confronting questions of freedom today.Click here for photos of the program. 

On Start the Week Kirsty Wark asks how we make choices about freedom and authenticity - questions that preoccupied Paris intellectuals in the 1930s. Sarah Bakewell looks back at one of the twentieth century's major philosophical movements - existentialism - and the revolutionary thinkers who came to shape it. Sartre and de Beauvoir may have spent their days drinking apricot cocktails in café's but Bakewell believes their ideas are more relevant than ever. The historian Sunil Khilnani reveals the Indian thinkers who didn't just talk about philosophy but lived it, and the photographer Stuart Franklin, famous for the pictures of the man in Tiananmen Square who stopped the tanks, discusses the impulse to record and preserve these moments of action. The art historian Frances Borzello looks at the female artists who chose the freedom to present themselves to the world in self-portraits. Producer: Katy Hickman.

1930's Paris, post-war London and the '60s in Sissinghurst; we've slipped the shackles of the studio for this month's podcast and gone on location for a special featuring apricot cocktails, top London trivia and a unique insight into one of the most famous gardens in the Garden of England. Will Rycroft talks to Sarah Bakewell about Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and modern existentialism whilst sipping apricot cocktails at Le Beaujolais. Alex Clark walks through London with Anthony Quinn as they discuss the landscape of his latest novel, Freya. She then gets an exclusive tour of Sissinghurst Castle from Juliet Nicolson, who grew up there during the 1960s. There's a time and a place for everything and this month the Vintage podcast takes you to three very specific times and places. An immersive listen for every type of reader. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterAnthony Quinn - FreyaFreya Wyley meets Nancy Holdaway amid the wild celebrations of VE Day, the prelude to a devoted and competitive friendship…Freya, ambitious and outspoken, pursues a career on Fleet Street while Nancy, less self-confident, struggles to get her first novel published. Both friends become entangled with Robert Cosway, a charismatic young man whose own ambition will have a momentous bearing on their lives.Flitting from war-haunted Oxford to the bright new shallows of the 1960s, Freya plots the unpredictable course of a woman’s life and loves in extraordinary times.https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1089993/at-the-existentialist-cafe/9780701186586/ https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1110797/freya/9781910702505/ https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1099352/a-house-full-of-daughters/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Colin Marshall talks to Sarah Bakewell, author of biographies on Jorgen Jorgenson, Margaret Caroline Rudd, and, most recently, the 16th-century French essayist Michel de Montaigne. How to Live, or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer examines the life of a man whose life you'd have thought was already pretty damned well examined. More remains to learn, it turns out, even after Montaigne himself wrote three volumes of personal essays which have attained over 400 years of success and counting. Bakewell finds a man who, despite revealing no end of personal detail and disclosing no end of his own opinions, paraxodically becomes near-universally relatable to the reading public across the world and through time. Yet could he have achieved this not in spite of his essays' specificity, but because of it?

Michel de Montaigne is an unusual and likeable figure. His essays are quirky, honest, and strangely modern. Sarah Bakewell, author of a recent prize-winning book about Montaigne, How to Live, discusses Montaigne's life and work for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy

Michel de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and became famous for his ability to fuse intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and autobiography. Montaigne's work continues to influence writers to this day. Championing his life is the surgeon, scientist, broadcaster and politician Professor Robert Winston and providing expert witness is the writer Sarah Bakewell, whose recent biography, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, was recently published to great acclaim. Producer: Paul Dodgson.