Structure vs. Communitas/Antistructure
Victor Turner on the two modes of human society
The anthropologist Victor Turner’s work turns up a theme of [...]
What is a Radical? — the Political Archetype of Our Time
Not just for the Left
I started reading some political philosophy recently and it amazed [...]
A Cure for Nihilism? | Everything Everywhere All At Once
The philosophy of the 7x Oscar-winning movie
Everything Everywhere All At Once is a movie about family [...]
Vegans vs Carnivores: the Culture War’s Strangest Frontier
The bizarre fight for the essential human
In this week's instalment we're going to visit one of [...]
Ego: A Defence
From Freud and Jung to the New Age Icarus
Ego is a bad word in our society. Unmoored from [...]
Dionysus vs. The Buddha
How Nietzschean spirituality offers a third way between enlightenment and selling out
This week’s instalment was prompted by a question from one [...]
Why it Matters: Nietzsche
Why I find Nietzsche so compelling (and you should too)
Why it Matters is a type of content that I [...]
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Long Version)
A compass for navigating Nietzsche
Creating an overview of Friedrich Nietzsche presents unique challenges. There [...]
Nietzsche in 4 Minutes
An Introduction to the Father of Existentialism/Psychoanalysis/Postmodernism
This is a brief taster of Nietzsche. If you’re only [...]
Soren Kierkegaard — The Father of Existentialism
A deep dive into the philosophy of the Christian father of Existentialism
Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of [...]