Existentialists and Mystics 3 Podcast

About this episode

This episode discusses Iris Murdoch's review of Gabriel Marcel’s work and her essay on existential political myth.

In this episode we are returning to our close reading of the collection Existentialists and Mystics. For the third podcast of our mini-series, we’ll be discussing Murdoch's review of Gabriel Marcel’s ‘The Image of Mind’ and her essay ‘The Existential Political Myth’. The first is a review of The Mystery of Being by Marcel from 1951 – the first volume of his published volume of Gifford Lectures. Murdoch’s essay 'The Existential Political Myth' was first published in Socratic Digest in 1952. Joining me today is Samuel Filby who was the guest on the first episode of this mini series. He is currently working on his PhD thesis on Murdoch at Northwestern University, Chicago. His work focuses on Murdoch’s aesthetics and moral psychology.

People in this episode

Guest: Samuel Filby

Topics covered

• Iris Murdoch
• Existentialism
• Mysticism
• Literary Review
• Philosophy

Keywords

• Iris Murdoch
• Gabriel Marcel
• Existential Political Myth
• The Image of Mind
• Existentialists and Mystics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwestern University

Books & works: Existentialists and Mystics, The Image of Mind, The Mystery of Being, The Existential Political Myth

Places: Chicago

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