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Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation

Slavoj Žižek: What do the ‘celebrity’ philosopher’s key ideas really tell us?

Often seeming to utilise parodic humour, Žižek has positioned himself as a ‘defender of lost causes’.

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
· Nov 11, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti-semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today

How do we reconcile philosophy with Heidegger’s ‘most abhorrent inhumanity’, given today’s far right revival?

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
· Apr 24, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ talks to us eloquently in this era of the pandemic and wild conspiracy theories

The darkly satirical 18th-century novella takes aim at human folly, pride and excessive faith in the ability of reason.

Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
· Mar 28, 2021 · 05:30 pm