The burnt copy
A reading of Günter Grass’s The Flounder.
- reading
- Günter Grass
Writing
Essays, criticism and public writing. Each entry links to its original publisher.
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Other people’s skies
The Orb: sampling, memory and encounters with other people’s voices.
- music
- listening
- memory
The Salzburg baptism
Music and genius in Thomas Bernhard’s The Loser.
- reading
- music
- Thomas Bernhard
A grain of salt and mustard
Chemistry and autobiography in Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table.
- reading
- science
- Primo Levi
Grace in a spray can
Reality and illusion in Philip K. Dick’s Ubik.
- reading
- science fiction
- Philip K. Dick
Paper makes a comeback
Analogue objects, consumption and practices of attention.
- material culture
- attention
Invincible summer and the flesh of the world
A reading of Albert Camus’s essays on summer and the Mediterranean.
- reading
- Albert Camus
Walking, the last free activity
Walking as a way of inhabiting cities and public space.
- public space
- everyday life
The ontology of eviction
A reading of Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano.
- reading
- Malcolm Lowry
The ostinato of the deadline
The passacaglia across different repertoires and listening practices.
- music
- listening
- passacaglia
The drowning master: the perfect system as a bachelor machine
A reading of Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game.
- reading
- Hermann Hesse
Digital slips and the power of words in Destinazione errata
Language and family relationships in Domenico Starnone’s novel.
- reading
- Domenico Starnone
McCarthy’s The Passenger and Stella Maris: contemporary incommensurability
Knowledge and its limits in McCarthy’s final novels.
- reading
- Cormac McCarthy
- knowledge
Nature gives philosophy a kick
The ecological crisis and changing philosophical conceptions of nature.
- environmental ethics
- nature
Spinoza: a heretic with an air of sainthood
An accessible portrait of Spinoza and his legacy.
- philosophy
- Spinoza
The wolf: a new neighbour
Living with wolves: protection, conflict and prevention.
- environmental ethics
- animals
- coexistence
Jane Goodall, a scientific heretic
A portrait of Jane Goodall and her work with animals.
- animals
- science
- Jane Goodall
The mural that lets you breathe
Urban art and the environment in the space of the city.
- art
- cities
The new tarot boom
A cultural reading of the renewed popularity of tarot.
- culture
- society
Mary Midgley and the biscuit tin
Midgley’s public legacy through Notes from a Biscuit Tin.
- Midgley
- public philosophy
- nature
Imagination in the service of memory
Memory and invention in Italo Calvino’s writing.
- Calvino
- memory
- literature
Surrendering to beauty
Palestrina and the possibilities of listening today.
- music
- listening
- Palestrina
Peccioli: art as a creative contagion
An itinerary through public art in Peccioli.
- art
- public space
Tuttomondo: a betrayed hope
Keith Haring’s Pisa mural and its public context.
- art
- Pisa
- Keith Haring
Filosokids: Martha Nussbaum, emotions and understanding
Emotions and capabilities in an introduction to Nussbaum for young readers.
- philosophy for young people
- emotions
- Martha Nussbaum
Filosokids: John Locke and freedom
An introduction to Locke for young readers and educational activities.
- philosophy for young people
- John Locke