An introduction to and summary of Frithjof Bergmann's New Work, New Culture, read by Mark Linsenmayer. The full episode on this topic can be found here. Read more about the topic at partiallyexaminedlife.com. A transcript is available on our Citizen site's Free Stuff page. Continue Reading …
Precognition of Ep. 83: New Work
An introduction to and summary of Frithjof Bergmann's New Work, New Culture, read by Mark Linsenmayer. The full episode on this topic can be found here. Read a transcript. Continue Reading …
Not School: Frithjof Bergmann’s “New Work, New Culture”
Featuring Mark Linsenmayer, Jason Durso, Khary Robertson, Leland Gregory, Andrew Miles, Michael Burgess, and Tammy Gottschling. Recorded July 28, 2013. On the first 50 pages of the (still not published in full) work, a few months prior to our podcast interview with the author. I think we all agreed that the problem Bergmann identifies is legitimate and urgent: that it's Continue Reading …
More on Bergmann’s “New Work”
Here are the main elements of Frithjof's Bergmann's idea of "New Work" (introduced in this post) as he taught it back at U. of Michigan. 1. Developing a calling. Work can sap our will to live, but the right kind of work can be invigorating. If it's an enterprise you can identify with, that's meaningful to you, then it becomes part of "the good life" that philosophy is always Continue Reading …
Political Idealism and Frithjof Bergmann’s “New Work”
I had intended to wait for some upcoming episode more relevant to this topic than Husserl to start ranting on this on the blog, but it's been much on my mind of late. As you may know from my mentioning it at every possible opportunity on the podcast, probably my favorite undergrad prof. at U. of Michigan was Frithjof Bergmann. He was a student of the major Nietzsche scholar Continue Reading …