Joanna Kavenna
Winner of the Orange First Novel prize for Inglorious.
Winner of the Orange First Novel prize, Joanna Kavenna’s works include A Field Guide to Reality, The Ice Museum and Inglorious. Her journalism has appeared in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, and the New York Times.
Winner of the Orange First Novel prize, Joanna Kavenna’s works include A Field Guide to Reality, The Ice Museum and Inglorious. Her journalism has appeared in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, and the New York Times.
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Matter and Mind
Is consciousness inexplicable?
Who We Have Been and Who We Are
Is memory a recollection or a construction?
Limits of Language
Can we find the right words for everything?
Secrets of the Mind
Can science explain consciousness?
Beyond Knowledge
Is truth an illusion?
Language, Metaphor, and Reality
Methaphors to change the world
The Nature of Evil
Can art vanquish evil?
The tyranny of the new
Is innovation unstoppable?
The end of the whitewash
Colourblind casting and historical accuracy
Are you an illusion?
Reshaping the self
Reality, fantasy and metaphor
Are scientific metaphors a real description of reality?
Heaven is other people
Is mental wellbeing a purely social issue?
Beyond innocence and guilt
Is moral responsibility a mere illusion?
Infinity in the palm of your hand
Can art uncover the essence of the world?
The key to consciousness
Is materialism a fundamental mistake?
A world by any other name
Can we crack our relationship to language?
The obscure, the banal, and the magical
Has poetry lost its vision?
After knowledge
The limits of knowledge
The life and philosophy of Slavoj Žižek
Celebrity philosopher reflects on his life's work
Power, politics, and mental health
Rewriting mental health
The Illusion of Now
Is time static or fluid?
Lies, Damned Lies, and Post Truth
Is there still space for alternative perspectives?
The known and the unknown
Finding our way through the fog of uncertainty
