Webcasts

Christos Papadimitriou from Berkeley and Costis Daskalakis from MIT joined Simon Critchley to discuss how the nature of mathematics and logic helps us in the quest for understanding our universe.

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One of France’s leading intellectuals, Pascal Bruckner, joined Simon Critchley to discuss truth and lies regarding the nature of happiness. What is happiness? Is a happy life a good life? Is the pursuit of happiness a worthy human endeavor?

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To mark the publication of his latest book, Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture, Daniel Mendelsohn discussed with John Freeman the ethics and pleasures of reviewing.

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Legendary theater director Anne Bogart joined Critchley to discuss how truth and deception are revealed in tragedy.

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On Truth (and Lies) in Literature
Is literature a true representation of our commonly shared world? The celebrated author of Remainder, Men in Space, and C (shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize), Tom McCarthy joins Simon Critchley to discuss truth and lies in literature, from the canonical works of Cervantes and Joyce to contemporary writings.

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Aeschylus’ Oresteia
Staged Reading of excerpts from Aeschylus’ Oresteia
"The Taming of the Furies in Today’s Europe"
A Conversation Inspired by Aeschylus' Oresteia

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