Examined Life

Overview

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.

Directed by Astra Taylor

Top cast

Cornel West

Self

Judith Butler

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Slavoj Žižek

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Peter Singer

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Michael Hardt

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Martha C. Nussbaum

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Avital Ronell

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Sunaura Taylor

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Astra Taylor

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Barack Obama

Self (floating on a boat in central park)

Michelle Obama

Self (floating on a boat in central park)

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