A new talk edited from the 2014 Summer Retreat, (and on a theme very relevant to this year’s retreat, on ethics). How can we find a Middle Way between assuming ourselves (and others) are totally responsible for what they do, or on the other hand assuming no responsibility?
Monthly Archives: June 2015
The MWS Podcast 67: Richard Shusterman on Somaesthetics and the Middle Way
We are joined by the pragmatist philosopher Richard Shusterman, the professor of philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He’s the author of several books including Practicing Philosophy: Pragmatism and the Philosophical Life, Body Consciousness and Thinking through the Body. He’s also travelled widely and is arguably something of a polymath having held appointments in other disciplines in the humanities. For example, he taught comparative literature in Israel , he’s been the Visiting Research Professor in Aesthetics in Hiroshima, Japan and he was an associate of the École des Hautes Études in Sciences Sociales in Paris. He’s also a professional practitioner of the Feldenkrais method and he’s perhaps most known for his contributions to aesthetics and the emerging field of somaesthetics and this is what we’re going to be talking about today.
MWS Podcast 67:Richard Shusterman as audio only:
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The MWS Podcast 66: Robert M. Ellis on Politics and the Middle Way
We are joined today by the philosopher and chair of the Middle Way Society Robert M. Ellis. He talks to us about politics and how it might relate to the Middle Way.
MWS Podcast 66:Robert M. Ellis as audio only:
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Two new online discussion groups from September
From September I will be offering two different online discussion groups, using Skype and meeting alternate Sundays at 18:00. There will be an introductory group (using ‘Migglism’) and a regulars’ group (using ‘Middle Way Philosophy’). This is a chance to learn more, meet other interested people and explore the Middle Way both in experience and in critical reflection, wherever you are in the world. Please see the online discussion groups page for more details and to book your (free) place.
New review: Sapiens
Click here to read a new review on the site, of ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah Hariri (reviewed by Robert M Ellis). This is a ‘big’ history of the whole of human life that can help make us aware of a wide range of conditions.