In this week’s episode, the HBS hosts talk about positive and negative major life changes.

While change is a part of life, major changes can cause major upheavals in one’s sense of oneself in relation to the world. Indeed, they may teach us to perceive life anew. What might such changes show us, if anything, about traditional philosophical concepts such as the self, the good life, autonomy, and relatedness with others?

In this episode, we discuss the following texts, authors, ideas, and works:

• The passing of Ozzie Osbourne
• The T.V. show M*A*S*H
• The attacks on September 1, 2001
• The Greek concept of kairos
• Our previous episode with Michael Naas on hospitality
• Susan Brison, Aftermath (Princeton 2023)
• Victor Turner’s concept of “liminal experience”
• The “limit experience” in Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault
• The “limit situation” in Karl Jaspers
• Galen Strawson, “Against Narrativity”
• Our previous episode on interpretation