For her feature-length documentary Examined Life (2008), the director, author and activist Astra Taylor filmed a few of the most outstanding modern philosophers – together with Peter Singer, Slavoj Žižek, Martha Nussbaum and Judith Butler – in city settings, discussing how their concepts might be utilized virtually within the trendy world. On this transient but wide-ranging clip, the thinker, professor and not too long ago introduced US presidential candidate Cornel West seamlessly weaves between the blues, Christianity, lovemaking, Beckett and Beethoven in his distinctive, pulpit-powered rhetorical fashion, whereas weaving by way of New York Metropolis site visitors in a automotive pushed by Taylor. The ensuing clip is a rousing dive into the precarious, enduring human mission of meaning-making. You possibly can be taught extra about Examined Life, together with tips on how to watch the movie in its entirety, here.
