Debates & Talks: A Tale of Love and Hate Robert Rowland Smith, Renata Salecl, Rowan Williams. Michael Crick hosts. We think love an indisputable force for good. Yet from Jihadi John to Anders Breivik, extremists often cite love of creed or country to justify atrocity. Might love of a person or group also be the origin of [...]
In this mini-episode, I chat with Renata Salecl, a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist, and author of the excellent book The Tyranny of Choice — a slim volume that completely changed the way I think about decision-making. We talk about how our focus on individualism and consumerism drives us to obsess over every little decision we make. And how embracing the [...]
Renata Salecl (University of Ljubljana/Birkbeck College) Ignorance in Times of Post-Truth Comment: Roland Breeur (KU Leuven) November 16, 2017 Thursday Lectures – Institute of Philosophy KU LEUVEN
