{"id":9274,"date":"2020-04-22T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/?p=9274"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T15:01:47","slug":"from-the-vaults-existentialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/from-the-vaults-existentialism\/","title":{"rendered":"From the vaults: Existentialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sarah Bakewell\/ Andy Martin\/ Stella Sandford<!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Listen to the podcast <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/website-archive\/newsAndMedia\/videoAndAudio\/channels\/publicLecturesAndEvents\/player.aspx?id=3753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong> or on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/12lo4XoC22Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why are there beings at all instead of nothing?\u2019, asks Martin Heidegger in his <em>Introduction to Metaphysics<\/em>. In this panel, we explore the ideas of being and nothing as described by existentialism\u2019s most famous thinkers: Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. We ask what is the allure of the existentialists that their reputations should endure in popular and contemporary culture? And how is it that existentialist philosophy can be, at once, avidly consumed by modern audiences and unapologetically esoteric? Coffee, French cigarettes, and black polo necks not provided; intelligent discussion and provocative questions most definitely are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarahbakewell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Bakewell<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor of <em>At the Existentialist Cafe<\/em> and <em>How to Live<\/em>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/andymartinink.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Martin<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor of\u00a0<i>The Boxer and the Goalkeeper: Sartre vs Camus\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Lecturer in French, University of Cambridge<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fass.kingston.ac.uk\/faculty\/staff\/cv.php?staffnum=736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stella Sandford<\/a><br \/>\nProfessor of Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University, London<\/p>\n<p>Chair<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ffephilosophy.org\/theforum\/shahidha-bari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahidha Bari<\/a><br \/>\nLecturer in Romanticism in the Department of English, Queen Mary, University of London &amp; Fellow, Forum for Philosophy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recorded on\u00a024 February 2017 at the LSE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ac\/ERKS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bakewell, Andy Martin, and Stella Sandford on the allure of existentialism. 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