VIOLENT FACULTIES: On Humanity, God, & the Authentic Narrator with Charlene Elsby

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English - July 07, 2024 19:08 - 1 hour - 102 MB - ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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Charlene Elsby is a philosophy doctor and former professor whose books include Hexis, Affect, Psychros, Agyny, Musos, Letters to Jenny Just After She Died, Bedlam, The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty, and Violent Faculties. Her essays have appeared in Bustle Books and the LA Review of Books.

https://charleneelsby.com/

Using her torture porn/mad scientist philosophical horror novel Violent Faculties as a springboard, we explore a wide range of questions, such as "What separates humans from other species?," "Why is philosophy an undervalued study in academia?," "What is the soul?," "Do we desire to hurt each other?," "Who came first: us or God?," and so much more. Really dug this conversation. Enjoy and keep it going in the comments.

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