This past Monday I heard a radio segment about how people miss having a commute to work. More specifically, they miss the time to transition between the private and the public. According to the segment, some employers are encouraging that (or maybe adding?) "commuting" be designated in workplace calendars as a nudge to make time for this transition. Some employers are also partnering with mindfulness apps, suggesting that such practices might serve as a mechanism during “commute time” … [Read more...]
At Home with Arendt
Exploring questions of home and belonging in conversation with the philosophy of Hannah Arendt
Forgiving as harm reduction
“You have to eat and keep going. Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this.” (Raymond Carver, A Small, Good Thing) Maybe reading is also a small, good thing? I am finally back in the swing of reading for pleasure and, as a treat to myself, I re-read for the umpteenth time Raymond Carver’s short story, “A Small, Good Thing.” The story appears to be about a couple as they try to deal with the aftermath of their son being hit by a car. But I think the story is really about the human … [Read more...]
Variations on thinking: Keats and Arendt
"‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’ that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." ---John Keats, from Ode to a Grecian Urn Poetic imagination I've been thinking about the English Romantic poet John Keats for the past month or so as I prepared to moderate a panel on Keat's concept of "negative capability." The panelists included poet Luke Hathaway, visual artist Gwenessa Lam, and Buddhist scholar Jeff Wilson. The event is part of a virtual series entitled Café Philo, organized by … [Read more...]
World-travelling, envy, and the role of emotions in solidarity
Recently, the American Philosophical Association (APA) Newsletter put out a call for papers (CFP). They are asking for reflections on the experiences of philosophers who come from a first-generation and/or low-income background (deadline is Sept 15 if you want to submit). One of the topics listed by the APA was “Code Switching across Academic and Non-Academic (Familial or Home) Life” and it got me thinking... The world of home I am not the first in my family to attend university. In fact, both … [Read more...]
A love language
In a previous post, Katy pondered what love might have to do with visiting other worlds. She partly landed on love as a way of preventing us from objectifying the other, to engage with others respectfully. I want to take that a little further. Katy admits that she is uncomfortable with the idea of love in politics. But I think love can be a kind of language that allows us to start thinking about politics. Visiting According to Hannah Arendt, visiting is the process of expanding our … [Read more...]
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