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The \u2018Novel of Ideas\u2019\/\u00a0<\/strong>The Human Age\/\u00a0<\/strong>The Soul of the Marionette<\/strong><\/h3>\n


\nIs There Life in the \u2018Novel of Ideas\u2019?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Listen to the podcast<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 28 February 2015, 5-6.30pm
\nWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE<\/p>\n

Peter Boxall<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of English, University of Sussex<\/p>\n

Jennie Erdal<\/a><\/strong>, writer. She is the author of\u00a0Ghosting<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Missing Shade of Blue: A Philosophical Adventure<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew O\u2019Hagan<\/a><\/strong>, novelist and writer. His books include\u00a0The Missing<\/em>,Our Fathers<\/em>,\u00a0Personality<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his friend Marilyn Monroe<\/em><\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0Michael Caines<\/a><\/strong>, writer and an editor on the TLS<\/p>\n

Is the \u2018novel of ideas\u2019 an outdated genre or are we witnessing its resurgence? What answers can it offer to twenty-first century questions? In this panel, three speakers discussed examples of the \u2018novel of ideas\u2019 and assessed the genre\u2019s contemporary relevance.<\/p>\n

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The Human Age? Art and Identity in the Anthropocene<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Saturday 28 February 2015, 11am \u2013 12.30pm
\nWolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE<\/p>\n

Matthew Griffiths<\/a><\/strong>, writer, scholar and novelist, whose work focuses primarily on climate change<\/p>\n

Gaia Vince<\/strong><\/a>, writer and journalist. She is the author of\u00a0Adventures in the Anthropocene<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathryn Yusoff<\/a><\/strong>, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Queen Mary, University of London<\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0Danielle Sands<\/a><\/strong>, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow<\/p>\n

The controversial designation \u2018Anthropocene\u2019 names a geological epoch in which the planet has been irrevocably changed by human activity. In this panel, three thinkers considered the ways in which the Anthropocene requires us to reconsider both human self-identity and the human capacity for creation and destruction. Is art a narcissistic reflection of human concerns and desires or might it provide a model for dynamic and interactive responses to the global challenges which we face?<\/p>\n

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The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Inquiry into Human Freedom<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Wednesday 25 February 2015, 7-8.30pm
\n<\/strong>Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE<\/p>\n

John Gray<\/a><\/strong>, Emeritus Professor of European Thought, LSE. His books include\u00a0False Dawn<\/em>,\u00a0Straw Dogs<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Silence of Animals<\/em><\/p>\n

Chair:\u00a0Danielle Sands<\/a><\/strong>, Lecturer in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow<\/p>\n

In this lecture,\u00a0John Gray<\/strong>\u00a0drew together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. The most enormous forces \u2013 biological, physical, metaphysical \u2013 constrain our every action and yet we flatter ourselves about the nature of free will. Many writers and intellectuals have understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a \u2018human dominion\u2019 almost comically at odds with our true state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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