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A conversation with Joel Schlosser about his recent book Herodotus in the Anthropocene (U of Chicago Press).

Joel Schlosser - Herodotus in the Anthropocene

In this episode, James and John interview Joel Alden Schlosser about his new book Herodotus in the Anthropocene (University of Chicago Press, 2020). The trio accompany Herodotus on his inquiry through the Ancient Mediterranean world to run headfirst into a conversation about the urgency of twenty-first century climate catastrophe. What are the stakes of earthly flourishing when “the gods” and anthropos each access the powers of agency and destiny? How can the affect of wonder and the experience of mystery infuse our political ethics with humility? And what can we rediscover from Herotodus about the nature of law, custom, and culture that yet holds out hope for a pluralistic and verdant world composed of diverse peoples, topographies, and matrices of meaningfulness? Tune in as we discuss these questions, possible tensions between grappling with non-human actants and theorizing human activity, the covering-over of antiblack racism and settler colonialism in discourses of the Anthropocene (and how Herodotus can or cannot help us think through this), and much more. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. Patreon here. Thanks to Bad Infinity for the intro music from their album FutureCommons; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click here. https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/schlosser-interview.mp3   Links  Schlosser’s homepage; follow Schlosser on Twitter Herodotus’s Histories available online at MIT Classics Schlosser on what teaching Herodotus and on “Life, Death, and Herodotus“

In this episode, James and John interview <a href="https://www.brynmawr.edu/people/joel-alden-schlosser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Alden Schlosser</a> about his new book <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo50271345.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herodotus in the Anthropocene (University of Chicago Press, 2020)</a>. The trio accompany Herodotus on his inquiry through the Ancient Mediterranean world to run headfirst into a conversation about the urgency of twenty-first century climate catastrophe. What are the stakes of earthly flourishing when “the gods” and anthropos each access the powers of agency and destiny? How can the affect of wonder and the experience of mystery infuse our political ethics with humility? And what can we rediscover from Herotodus about the nature of law, custom, and culture that yet holds out hope for a pluralistic and verdant world composed of diverse peoples, topographies, and matrices of meaningfulness? Tune in as we discuss these questions, possible tensions between grappling with non-human actants and theorizing human activity, the covering-over of antiblack racism and settler colonialism in discourses of the Anthropocene (and how Herodotus can or cannot help us think through this), and much more. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-already-podcast-episodes/id879272845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iTunes</a>. Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/AlwaysAlreadyOn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Facebook page</a>. RSS feed <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alwaysalreadypodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Infinity</a> for the intro music from their album <a href="https://soundcloud.com/badinfinity/sets/futurecommons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FutureCommons</a>; always already thanks to B for the outro music. For the mp3 of the episode click <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/schlosser-interview.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/schlosser-interview.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alwaysalreadypodcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/schlosser-interview.mp3</a> Links <ul> <li>Schlosser’s homepage; <a href="https://twitter.com/joelaschlosser" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow Schlosser on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herodotus’s Histories available online</a> at MIT Classics</li> <li>Schlosser on what <a href="http://www.joelschlosser.com/2020/08/herodotus-in-northfield.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">teaching Herodotus</a> and on “<a href="http://www.joelschlosser.com/2020/07/life-death-and-herodotus.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life, Death, and Herodotus</a>“</li></ul>

Interview: Joel Schlosser on Herodotus in the Anthropocene – Epistemic Unruliness 31