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Murray Smith
Murray Smith is Professor of Philosophy, Art, and Film and Director of the Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent. He is the author of Trainspotting (BFI, revised edition 2021) and Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema (Oxford University Press, revised edition 2022).
Murray Smith is Professor of Philosophy, Art, and Film and Director of the Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent. He is the author of Trainspotting (BFI, revised edition 2021) and Engaging Characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema (Oxford University Press, revised edition 2022).
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Marx and Nietzsche: how art can save us
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History, fiction and truth
Art doesn't make us better humans
Making sense of the world with music
Unlocking the potential of nature's beauty
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Life, Death, and Pacman
Art and the reality of war
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When the Machine Stops
Creativity's dance with death
The crisis of creativity
Jean-Luc Godard: philosophy and film
The artist is dead, AI killed them
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Nietzsche, Dune and the power of religion
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Daydreaming of Apocalypse
Beauty has always been gender-fluid
How arts can save your life
Brian Eno: creativity and the future
Morality shouldn't matter to artists