Gaston Bachelard: An Intellectual Biography with Steven Connor

About this episode

This episode features an intellectual biography of Gaston Bachelard with guest Steven Connor.

Steven Connor is Professor of English and Director of Research of the Digital Futures Institute, King’s College London. He is the author of more than twenty books including The Madness of Knowledge (2019) and Dreamwork (2023), both published by Reaktion Books.Book link: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/gaston-bachelard---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

People in this episode

Host: Hermitix

Guest: Steven Connor

Topics covered

• intellectual biography
• philosophy
• literature
• education
• Gaston Bachelard

Keywords

• Gaston Bachelard
• Steven Connor
• philosophy
• literature
• intellectual biography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King’s College London, Reaktion Books

Books & works: The Madness of Knowledge, Dreamwork, Gaston Bachelard

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