Heidegger can often appear to be an impenetrable and esoteric thinker, whose ideas have little bearing on real life.
But Simon Critchley works to undo this perception and bring phenomenology to bear on the everyday.
In this interview, Critchley takes us from the atrophy of academic philosophy all the way to what philosophy can and should be.
After reflecting on his own intellectual journey, as one in which he “ignored advice”, he discusses Heidegger’s and thereby offers an enlightening interpretive frame to understand Being and Time.
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Nietzsche on estranged friendships:
"But our life is too short and our power of vision too small for us to be more than friends in the sense of this sublime possibility. Let us then believe in our star friendship even if we should be compelled to be earth enemies."
Georges Bataille’s beautiful ex wife married Lacan and they had a daughter who married a Lacanian analyst also named Jacques who was the doctoral advisor to Zizek. Somehow it’s all exactly what you’d expect
Watch the Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer, featuring the debut of “Flower in a Hurricane" from original score composers Justice feat. Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
Grand Theft Auto VI arrives November 19: https://t.co/WC41QIhkKd
Benjamin Netanyahu faced a growing backlash from his political opponents following reports that the Israeli prime minister had been warned about Hamas preparing an attack on Israel before its October 7 2023 assault. https://t.co/vUtXt5Jt69
the fundamental man of tomorrow will only know sports betting, two video games, working in "finance". will be dependent on AI apps for food and water, and will possess reactionary politics based on how podcasters tell him to feel about the hollow void at the centre of his soul
While academic poptimism becomes more severe every year I want to add that there is a difference between serious scientific engagement with pop culture (Stuart Hall, Jameson, Fisher, Adorno...) and works that obviously just love to wallow in the slop
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
Oman and Azerbaijan stopped Iranian airlines from operating flights to their countries, while Iraq has banned flights to its capital. Mahan Air, one of Iran's largest carriers, also suspended flights to and from Istanbul, Ankara and Muscat. https://t.co/AarnjfISKv