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Will We Miss Liberalism When It’s Gone?

In this conversation, renowned political economist William Davies is joined by English scholar and activist Alex Niven to discuss the various ways in which the liberal establishment has been circumvented during the tumultuous years since the 2016 EU referendum in the UK.

William Davies

in conversation with

Alex Niven

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Open Democracy and Democratic Imaginaries

In this conversation with Vafa Ghazavi, leading political theorist Hélène Landemore will discuss the crisis of democracy and her new model of an “open democracy” centered around randomly selected legislative bodies.

Hélène Landemore

in conversation with

Vafa Ghazavi

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Automation and Utopia

Human obsolescence is imminent, but is this a cause for despair? In this conversation with Brian D. Earp, philosopher John Danaher will explore how the technology that hastens our obsolescence can open us up to new utopian possibilities and enable heightened forms of human flourishing.

John Danaher

in conversation with

Brian D. Earp

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From We to I: Loneliness as Pandemic?

Loneliness is as variable as human experience. Fay Bound Alberti and Lars Svendsen have both written recent books on this topic, so in this conversation they will explore why it is critical to consider the history of loneliness, as well as how it is political and politicised.

Fay Bound Alberti

and

Lars Svendsen

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Nietzsche’s Ethics

What are we, as modern readers and modern philosophers, are looking for when we read and interpret a thinker like Nietzsche, who wrote so long ago and in such an unusual way? Join two Nietzsche scholars in a conversation about his ethics and related themes, including his thoughts on psychology, nature and religion.

Tom Stern

and

Paul Katsafanas

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Spinoza in the Anthropocene

What can Spinoza contribute to our thinking about the climate crisis, and specifically, our thinking about the emotions generated by it? And how can we correct and clarify our emotional response to the climate crisis?

Beth Lord

in conversation with

Chris Meyns

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Why Veganism Matters (2pm UK time)

In this conversation with Adam Ferner and Darren Chetty from the “Do You Even Vegan?” podcast, leading legal scholar Gary Francione will argue that there is a contradiction in thinking that animals matter morally if one is also not vegan, and he explains why this belief should logically lead all who hold it to veganism.

Gary Francione

in conversation with

Adam Ferner & Darren Chetty

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Privacy, Power, and the Data Economy

In this conversation with Alexis Papazoglou, Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz will explore the relationship between data and power. If we give our data to companies, the wealthy will rule. If we give our data to governments, we will endure some form of authoritarianism. Only if people keep their data will society be free.

Carissa Véliz

in conversation with

Alexis Papazoglou

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Panpsychism is Not Just for Hippies

Once dismissed by Colin McGinn as “a complete myth, a comforting piece of utter balderdash. . . isn’t there something vaguely hippyish, i.e. stoned, about the doctrine?”, panpsychism is on the rise, and University of Durham philosopher Philip Goff is leading the charge. He will be in conversation with Raymond Tallis.

Philip Goff

in conversation with

Raymond Tallis

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What is "We"?

All articulations of collectivity – whether pedagogical or performative – are provisional, conditional, unstable, fabricated. This conversation between English scholar Ragini Srinivasan, historian Brooke Holmes, and philosopher Chiara Ricciardone will consider the question at the heart of all this week’s five nightly events: what is “we”?

Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan

and

Brooke Holmes

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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

We find ourselves living in a world marred by division in which it is increasingly difficult to have productive arguments. This conversation will explore why productive disagreement is essential and how we can encourage more helpful and positive debate in the public sphere.

Darren Chetty

and

Adam Ferner

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The Ontology of Gender

This conversation between two social ontologists will attempt to clarify some of the current debates in feminist philosophy, considering ways of distinguishing between sex and gender, the role of social structures and other cultural factors, and, ultimately, help us to navigate the question, “What is it to have a gender?”

Katharine Jenkins

and

Kate Ritchie

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Critique on the Couch

Does critical social theory need psychoanalysis, and if so, what for? In this conversation with Eva von Redecker, renowned philosopher Amy Allen will discuss the ongoing relationship between psychoanalysis, critique, and politics.

Amy Allen

in conversation with

Eva von Redecker

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Human Beings and Being Human (7pm UK time)

In this conversation with “Do you even Vegan?” hosts Adam Ferner and Darren Chetty, philosopher Syl Ko explore a new ground for an animal ethic that restructures the relationship between the injustices that affect humans and those that affect animals.

Syl Ko

in conversation with

Adam Ferner & Darren Chetty

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Illusions and Ignorance: A Critique

Do we live in a post-truth era or have we always thrived on ignorance and illusions? In this conversation, two leading critical thinkers, Renata Salecl and Bernard E. Harcourt will reflect on the important role of belief and denial in contemporary Western society.

Renata Salecl

and

Bernard E. Harcourt

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How to Be a Stoic

John Sellars and Donald J. Robertson, two leading scholars of Stoicism, will consider questions like: What aspects of your life do you really control? What do you do when you cannot guarantee that things will turn out in your favour? And what can Stoicism teach us about how to live together?

John Sellars

and

Donald J. Robertson

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The Universality of Non-Belonging

In this conversation with Jana Bacevic, English scholar and social critic Todd McGowan will explore the intersections between universality and particularity through an emphasis on the universality of non-belonging, and its role in rethinking political futures.

Todd McGowan

in conversation with

Jana Bacevic

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The Primacy of We

The capacity to engage in different types of collective intentionality is a key feature of human sociality. But who or what is this "we" to whom intentions, beliefs, emotions, and actions are attributed, and how does it come about? Join leading phenomenologists Dan Zahavi and Luna Dolezal to find out more!

Dan Zahavi

in conversation with

Luna Dolezal

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Philosophy after Racism

This conversation between Tommy Curry and David Livingstone Smith will explore the provocative thesis that a true decolonial paradigm would require the dissolution of many of the cherished categories of Western systems of knowledge: Europe, the human, gender, feminism, reason, or even democracy.

Tommy Curry

in conversation with

David Livingstone Smith

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Listening to Animals (8am UK time)

In this conversation with Adam Ferner and Darren Chetty from the “Do You Even Vegan?” podcast, Dutch artist, writer, and philosopher Eva Meijer will consider how we can redefine our relationship with other animals, showing that their voices should be taken into account as the starting point for a new interspecies democracy.

Eva Meijer

in conversation with

Adam Ferner & Darren Chetty