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Aug 26, 2020 • 1h 27min

The Life and Work of Thomas Carlyle with David Sorensen

David Sorensen is the Senior Editor of the Duke-Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (1970-2020; 47 vols.); he has edited a number of Carlyle texts for Oxford University Press, including The French Revolution, both in its English Texts series and the Oxford World’s Classics. He is currently editing an edition for OUP of Past and Present. In this episode we discuss the life, times and work of Thomas Carlyle. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 25, 2020 • 39min

Solitude with David Vincent

David Vincent is Emeritus Professor of Social History at The Open University, and Visiting Professor at Keele University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books on British and European social history. We discuss his latest book A History of Solitude which can be purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 20, 2020 • 51min

Q&A with Meta-Nomad - #3

The second question and answer session with Meta-Nomad, host of Hermitix podcast. Support Hermitix at: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter
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Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 8min

The Life and Philosophy of Emil Cioran with Quinten Weeterings

Quinten Weeterings is history post-graduate who studied under Rico Sneller at Leiden university. He has aphorisms published in French and German, and has published editions of Filosofie-Tijdschrift on Emil Cioran (https://gompel-svacina.eu/product/filosofie-tijdschrift-jrg-29-nr-1-emil-cioran/). In this episode we discuss the life and philosophy of Emil Cioran. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 6min

Eumeswil and the Anarch with Russell Berman

Russell A. Berman is an American professor German Studies and Comparative Literature. He is the author multiple books including The Rise of the Modern German Novel: Crisis and Charisma and Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood in this episode we talk about Ernst Junger's novel Eumeswil alongside discussions on violence, myth and ideology. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 14, 2020 • 1h 16min

The Five Senses with Tim Howles - The Michel Serres Project

Tim Howles is an ordained priest in the Church of England and his research focuses on questions of 'transcendence' in the work of contemporary French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres' text The Five Senses. Tim's blog can be found here: https://logisticsofreligionblog.wordpress.com/author/timhowles/ Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 12, 2020 • 1h 5min

The Dark Origins of Counterculture with James Riley

James Riley is a Fellow of English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge, focusing on modern and contemporary literature, popular film and 1960s culture. In this episode we discuss his latest publication The Bad Trip – Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties, alongside discussions of counterculture, evil, poststructuralism, activism and control. Purchase The Bad Trip – Dark Omens, New Worlds and the End of the Sixties here Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Aug 5, 2020 • 59min

The Benighted Path with Richard Gavin

Richard Gavin is the author of many acclaimed works of horror and the occult, his texts include Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness, Omens and Primeval Wood. In this episode we discuss his book The Benighted Path: Primeval Gnosis and the Monstrous Soul, alongside discussions on horror, darkness and the sacred. The Benighted Path can be purchased here. grotesquerie can be pre-ordered here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Jul 31, 2020 • 54min

The Incandescent with Vera Bühlmann - The Michel Serres Project

Vera Bühlmann is professor for architecture theory, and director of the Department for Architecture Theory and Philosophy of Technics ATTP at Vienna University of Technology. Her latest monograph is entitled Information and Mathematics in the Philosophy of Michel Serres. In this episode we discuss Michel Serres' text The Incandescent. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
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Jul 29, 2020 • 1h 9min

The Life and Times of Machiavelli with Alexander Lee

Alexander Lee is a specialist in the cultural and political history of the Renaissance in Italy. He is the author of multiple books including Humanism and Empire, The Ugly Renaissance and Petrarch and St. Augustine: Classical Scholarship, Christian Theology and the Origins of the Renaissance in Italy. In this episode we discuss his latest book Machiavelli: His Life and Times, alongside discussions about Renaissance Italy, Machiavellian politics and the philosophy of Lucretius. Machiavelli: His Life and Times can be purchased here. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter Hermitix Discord Support Hermitix: Subscribe Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996

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