Tag: coronavirus
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The Ambiguous Death of Ethics
Ⅰ Covid-19 is yet to loosen its grip on the world, and even if it does the after-effects will be everlasting on the people that have lived through it. Many people whose relatives have died will not grieve as they normally could in other circumstances. We, as a society, may also have a delayed reaction […]
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Freed From Desire (Part II)
Between aesthetics and ethics Spanish poet Federico García Lorca said “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.” but I would argue it is the decision to keep quiet itself that is harder. In his later work Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard explores anxiety that arises […]
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Being and Baking (Part III)
In Being and Time Heidegger claims that we have been absorbed into the world’s gossip and eventually we live for other people rather than ourselves. We live to please others, try to convince them that we are a good person and worthy of their company. We lie to ourselves about who we really are and […]
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Being and Baking (Part II)
It is safe to say that psychoanalysts and philosophers don’t always get along, that statement has never been truer than when it comes to existentialism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. We are often distracted by things around us, often concepts of human making such as politics, work, religion, the economy and so on, they give our reality […]
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Being and Baking (Part Ⅰ)
When we are not deciding what to do with our lives, and sometimes with the lives of others, we are sending emails, thinking about the past, worrying about the future, predicting the consequences of actions, judging others, learning, chatting, socialising, networking or we might just be distracting ourselves. But are we ever just Being? and […]
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Coronavirus/Poverty
Ⅰ The value of money means everything to some people and to others it means nothing. Now would you say money means nothing to poor or rich people? or a bit of both? We know money is printed on paper and if it were just a blank piece of paper it would mean nothing. The […]
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Idea-ology: Neo-liberalism, where it started (part 3)
Over the past 40 years, neoliberalism has demolished trade unions and stripped away financial restrictions which has led to more wealth for people with money and a stagnation in wages for the rest of us. President Reagan imposed this in the USA and Thatcher did so in the UK. In later years, neoliberalism repurposed the […]
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Back in Lockdown: Interviews with Sara Soto and Simon Hunter
Madrid has been placed in (partial) lockdown once again. In this episode I explore how this come about in two very different interviews. Firstly, I speak with Sara Soto, Secretary of the Young Socialists of Vallecas. Here we talk about the response to lockdown on the 18th September and the effects it has had over […]
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Covid, the King and I
No Confidence motions, jealous partners and a naughty King. Welcome to Sobremesa!
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Covid Comeback
Cases are up but so is testing, and each region is doing its own thing with track and trace, some better than others. Taking a look at the whole picture is worth it to get an idea of where the country stands, but treating it as one big problem is probably not the answer. What do you think the government will do next?
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Who is Fernando Simón?
This week, I put out a tweet asking if would people be interested in this sort podcast? And someone said yes, but just don’t make another podcast. So, what I’d like people to do is tweet on the hashtag #SOBREMESA and then I will read out the tweets next week. I think someone that hasn’t […]
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Ending the State Alarm and the Return of the Tourist
With the State of Alarm ending and tourists returning to Spain, there seems to be a feeling of worry in the air for some, and for others not so much. How do you feel?
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Spanish Populism in a time of Crisis
Both Vox and Podemos continue to attack each other whilst the rest of Spain try to get on with life
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The Spanish Government Hold on as the Political Landscape Shifts Post- Coronavirus
Protests and political dramas are a sign of what is to come for Spain post-Covid 19
Alan McGuire 