Anita Silvers: 1940 – 2019
I just learned that Anitia Silvers, one of my professors at SF State, passed away. Dr. Silvers sat on my MA thesis committee in the early ..
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Cinematic Nihilism in Paperback
The paperback edition of Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings is now available for pre-order. Scheduled to be released ..
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Seen in San Francisco
Seen in San Francisco is a website featuring photos taken in San Francisco. One page highlights Bound Together Bookstore; and in particular ..
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Film-Philosophy Review
Daniel O’Brien of Glasgow University has published a perceptive and positive review of my book Cinematic Nihilism in the journal Film-Philosophy: ..
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The Nihilist @ Bound Together
I dropped by Bound Together Books in San Francisco on Sunday and was pleased to find that my novel The Nihilist has continued to do good ..
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Meditations on Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations
Long ago, I identified a cyclical pattern in my moods. Feelings of sadness and despair, which are attached to no particular set of external ..
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Cynics
Cynicism, like nihilism, has a bad name in the poplar mind. It is generally thought that cynics are negative, distrustful, and see only ..
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The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook
I’ve agreed to serve as associate editor for a new journal called the Philosophy of Humor Yearbook, the first issue or which is scheduled ..
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Welcome to Beijing, China.
The word “monumental” sums up my impression of China. From the Great Wall to The Forbidden City; from The Summer Palace to The Temple ..
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The Politics of Cultural Despair
Fritz Stern’s The Politics of Cultural Despair is a study that attempts to understand Nazism as a product of Germany’s unique ..
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Cinematic Nihilism now on Edinburgh Scholarship Online
My book, Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings, is now available on Edinburgh Scholarship Online. Edinburgh Scholarship ..
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The Fear of Nothingness in the West
I’ve started work on a paper, “The Fear of Nothingness in the West,” that will be part of a forthcoming collection titled ..
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The Affirmation of Life
Bernard Reginster’s book The Affirmation of Life: Nietzsche on Overcoming Nihilism is an ambitious and thorough work. It proposes ..
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Good Price on Cinematic Nihilism
In case anyone is interested, Amazon is selling brand new hardcover editions of Cinematic Nihilism for $34; a huge discount off of the original ..
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Antifa
A statue of George Washington, leaning on the fasces. Fascism has never been absent from the US, but today it is enjoying a vogue that especially ..
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The Madness Continues
Brendon Lemon is a stand-up comedian from Chicago who hosts a podcast called The Madness Continues. On the latest episode I talk with him about ..
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Subversive
“Subversive is a book of interviews with fifty-two of the most radical people in the world.” I’m honored to be one of those ..
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APA Blog Post
I have written a guest blog post for the American Philosophical Association’s website detailing the arguments from my book Cinematic ..
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The Page 99 Test
Ford Madox Ford wrote, “Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” The website, ..
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A New Semester
The Fall 2017 semester has begun at College of Marin. After a summer of relative leisure, I’m finding myself falling into some recognizable ..
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Cinematic Nihilism Discount Code
Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings, is scheduled for release in September. The hardcover edition is available now for preorder ..
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Philosophy in a Meaningless Life
There is a contemporary turn taking place in attitudes about nihilism. Previous to the publication of my book Laughing at Nothing: ..
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The Existential Files
The Existential Files is a fun and lively podcast hosted by doctors Louie Savva and Matthew Smith, two psychologists from the UK who conduct ..
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She Came to Stay
I have mixed feeling about Simone de Beauvoir’s first novel, She Came to Stay. I suspect that if I had no previous interest in existentialist ..
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Cinematic Nihilism
Information on Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings is now appearing on the Edinburgh University Press ..
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A New Year
I have submitted the manuscript for Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings to the publisher, Edinburgh University Press. ..
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Existentialism
It is widely claimed, both by its supporters and detractors, that existentialism is an unsystematic philosophy. I recall one of my own advisors ..
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Directory of World Cinema: American Independent 3
The third volume of The Directory of Wold Cinema: American Independent 3 is now available from Intellect Publishing. Edited by John Berra, ..
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Cover for Cinematic Nihilism
I’m currently polishing and organizing the manuscript for Cinematic Nihilism: Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings. The process ..
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