Friedrich Georg Jünger and the Failure of Technology with Thomas Crew

About this episode

Thomas Crew discusses Friedrich Georg Jünger and the implications of technology on society.

Having begun his BA in German at King’s College London, Thomas Crew completed his degree at Royal Holloway, spending an intercalated year studying philosophy and teaching English in Berlin. He took his MA in European Culture and Thought at University College London, which was generously funded by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership, before completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge. As part of his doctoral research, supervised by Dr Martin Ruehl, Dr Crew spent two years as a Hanseatic Scholar at Berlin’s Humboldt University, while plumbing the archives at the city’s Academy of Arts. He joined Warwick as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in 2023 and welcomes enquires from students, scholars and members of the public on any aspect of his work.---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - ⁠⁠https://hermitix.net/subscribe/⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation…

People in this episode

Host: Hermitix

Guest: Thomas Crew

Topics covered

• technology
• philosophy
• German culture
• academic research
• society

Keywords

• Friedrich Georg Jünger
• technology
• philosophy
• German studies
• academic career

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King’s College London, Royal Holloway, University College London, University of Cambridge, Berlin’s Humboldt University, Academy of Arts, Warwick

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