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Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, whose interests lie in ethics, philosophy of the emotions, questions of identity & belonging and German 19th & 20th Century thought, Simon May has a talent for seeing differently. His books include Atomic Sushi: Notes from the Heart of Japan and FT ‘book of the year’ Thinking Aloud.

Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, whose interests lie in ethics, philosophy of the emotions, questions of identity & belonging and German 19th & 20th Century thought, Simon May has a talent for seeing differently. His books include Atomic Sushi: Notes from the Heart of Japan and FT ‘book of the year’ Thinking Aloud.

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