Living with Deep Thought: Wesley Barker

Scholar and philosopher Wesley Barker talks about living your life when you deal every day with complex thought—as well as the importance of getting out of your head and embracing being a beginner. Episode artwork: Władysław Czachórski, Zadumana (Deep in Thought), 1883. US public domain image courtesy The National Museum in Warsaw and Wikimedia Commons.  Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books—and shows!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!   Dante Alighieri                                     The Divine Comedy Augustine of Hippo                                            Robert B. Brandom                              A Spirit of Trust: A Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology                                                                                                  Jasmine Cobb                                     New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair                                                                                         Simon Critchley                                   Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance                                                                  Larry David                                            Curb Your Enthusiasm Michel Foucault                                   The History of Sexuality                                                                                                               Michel Foucault                                   Confessions of the Flesh                                                              Michel Foucault                                   "About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self" in Religion and Culture (ed. Jeremy R. Carrette)             Witold Gombrowicz                             A Kind of Testament                         Witold Gombrowicz                             Ferdydurke                                                                                                    G. W. F. Hegel                                    The Phenomenology of Spirit           Luce Irigaray    Mark. D. Jordan                                                           Norton Juster                                      The Phantom Tollbooth                                                                                Jean-François Lyotard                        The Confession of Augustine                                                           Herman Melville                                  Moby Dick                                                                                               Tom Nichols                                        The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters                                                                                 Boris Pasternak                                  Doctor Zhivago                                                                                            Philip Roth                                          The Human Stain                                                                                          Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold  When Brains Dream: Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds