Episode #227 ... Albert Camus - On Exile

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension, base camps, civilizations as collective immune systems, and w ...  Show more

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a reworking of how to view human beings at the level of anthropology. We talk about how ...  Show more

Feverish, homesick, bored, awed and on rollerskates: Albert Camus’s travel diaries are a fascinating window into an easily mythologised life. Camus visited the New World twice, and a new translation of his journals reveals his struggle to make sense of his experiences. Adam Shatz ...  Show more

We're here with an episode mixing philosophy and literature, our favorite topics. Today we're talking about existentialism and absurdism, through Fyodor Dostoyevsky's White Nights, and Albert Camus' The Stranger / The Outsider.

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This week Connor and Dan dive head first into the very topical issue of refugees and totalitarian states. Though they get there through a real roundabout way via Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben and his books Homo Sacer and State Of Exception. Spoiler alert: this sh ...

Today’s quote is from French novelist, philosopher, and Nobel Laureate Albert Camus, whose words challenge us to be present in every experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices