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Simon May
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.
Simon May Videos
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Simon May | We are infatuated with romance
Happily ever after
Romantic love isn't the only love
Happiness
Who Looks Back in the Mirror
Are we any closer to understanding the self, and what makes each one of us who we are?
Simon May Articles
More Videos
Could sex robots be good for us?
In defense of sex machines
The Secret History of Cool
Joel Dinerstein | Coolness as racial resistance
Love Story
Can love only be known in short doses?
Paradise Lost?
Is civilisation leaving us discontented?
The Secret Life of Desire
Is desire a consequence of scarcity and denial?
Is Big Data A Big Mistake?
The stories left behind Big Data
The Weird and the Wonderful
Why does interest in spirituality continue to grow?
Love Me Tinder
What does love look like in the digital age?
Sex and Love in the Digital Age
What impact is digital technology having on our relationships?
Sex Robots and Love Machines
Are sex robots a threat to human relationships?
The Chemistry of Desire
Is love an evolutionary trick?
Venus In Furs
Sadomasochism and the Limits of Sexuality
The Future of Sex Robots and Relationships
Kate Devlin | Could robots fix our erotic lives?
The Case Against Marriage
Bella DePaulo | The single life can be fulfilling
Sex Machines
The place of sex in our lives
Love, Life and Being Free
Do we need lifelong love to be happy?
Myself and Others
Are we more alive when we are alone?
A Fairytale Romance
Do we need relationships to thrive?
Culture Shock
Have we run out of radical ideas?
Desire, Dreams and Happiness
Can we ever arrive?
The Dark and the Digital
Cyberbullying, Trolling & Free Speech
Is Facebook Evil?
Digital oligopolies need to be broken up
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Simon May | We are infatuated with romance
Vanity, Victory and Vice
Is narcissism an effective life strategy?
In Search of Safety
Is the world as dangerous as it seems?
The New Romantics
Not Only Rock 'n' Roll
Looking back at the 60s cultural revolution
Glory Versus Passion
Is there more to life than success?
21st Century Cults
How do they come about?
Is Love Real?
Rethinking romance
Vanity Fair
Is narcissism a virtue that we need more of?
The End of Romance?
Time to chuck out this modern invention
Living Differently
Embracing new romantic norms
Fantasy Living
Are we happy with reality?
The Death Drive
The car crash as a 20th century phenomenon
Thinking and Being
Philosophy in Life and Experience
Noble Ancestors and Modern Selves
Is civilisation a myth?
Don Cupitt on Progress
Socrates vs. Jesus
Who would have the X-Factor today?
The Dark Side of Success
Why it doesn’t bring you happiness
Childhood's End
Dreamland
How to live your life
This Extraordinary World
Live Fast, Die Young
Should we take more risks?
Tiger Mothers and Cultural Success
Is work bad for the soul?
Screw the Fairytale
21st century love: say bye to weddings and family?
Family Futures
The rise of the post-nuclear family
The End of the University
Can the digital revolution offer the solution to the problems of our educational system?
The Never-Ending Journey
The myth of the nomad
Living Dangerously
More Articles
The Politics of Pleasure
Literary Bad Sex
Conquer Your Love!
What Are Love and Sex? Eight Answers from Philosophy
On Being Naked and Having Sex
Why Sexual Morality Doesn't Exist
Being With Others
Sex, Lies and Revolution
Prostitution and the Right to Choose
What Do You Do When You're Alone
Decoupling sex
The Good Life in the 21st Century: Living Single
Zhana Vrangalova on The Science of Good Sex
The Phenomenology of Desire and Orgasm
Legislating Love
The Boundaries of the Body
Infidelity: A Stoic's Perspective
Porn and the sexual imagination
The Sex Lives of Philosophers
Manufacturing Love
Love Incorporated
Divorce is the New Death
Simone de Beauvoir on incel extremism
Dating Nietzsche: Love vs Power
The Sexuality of Asexuality
Love is close to madness
The unexpected intimacy of sex work
Philosophy is an erotic endeavor
Change your self, change your friends
The limits of consent