STATES OF PHILOSOPHY
What are the current problems in modern European philosophy, the new tendencies, and concepts?
In a series of interviews Site Zones will explore the states of philosophy, its relation to its past and its institutional framework.
Sven-Olov Wallenstein with Power Ekroth in the garden of the Swedish Institute in Paris, France, 2022. Camera and production: Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena.
Many thanks to the Swedish Institute in Paris.
Catherine Malabou
Catherine Malabou in conversatation with Sven-Olov Wallenstein on philosophy’s relation to nature and the sciences, and the political and ethical implications of living in the anthropocene.
Sophie Mendelsohn
Sophie Mendelsohn in conversation with Sinziana Ravini and Sven-Olov Wallenstein on the resistance of psychoanalysis to the problem of racism, the impact of Frantz Fanon and Octave Mannoni, and the possibility of a extending the theory and practice of psychoanalysis on a global scale. Filmed in Mendelsohn’s home, Paris, 2022.
Frédéric Worms
Frédéric Worms in conversation with Sven-Olov Wallenstein on the present historical moment as defined by the problem of life, the legacy of Bergson, and the relation between philosophy and the sciences. The film is recorded in Worms’ office at École Normale Supérieur, Paris, 2022.