Again, With Feeling
A lot of philosophy has been written about agency, identity, and power, but less attention has been paid to what underlies all three: affect. Affect is hard to pin down or define. In everyday speech,...
Welcome to Philosophy Publics
I'm Mona Mona, a phenomenologist and feminist philosopher with a PhD in Philosophy from Stony Brook University, a Continental Philosophy program. I write about the philosophical foundations of collective life, and I built this site as a quiet place to read: no ads, no trackers, nothing competing with the text.
What you'll find here
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Essays on feminism, ethics, politics, phenomenology and more, open to everyone.
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Philosophy for Independent Scholars is a free, self-directed curriculum, from the Presocratics to Poststructuralism, built from free lectures, courses and podcasts.
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Live reading groups and workshops on video, with schedules and reading guides here on the site.
Next: How to Become a Philosopher, Or Just Learn to Think Like One, Saturday, November 14
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Coming soon: a members' space for finding people to read and think with.
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A free, self-directed course of study in philosophy, from the Presocratics to Poststructuralism, built from free lectures, courses, and podcasts.
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