Thoughts One Can't Do Without – serie

No. 1 Thoughts One Can't Do Without: WithIn this essay, Samuel Wells meditates on the paradox of contemporary life: we are more connected than ever– so why are we lonely? Drawing on secular and theological thinkers, from Iris Murdoch to Augustine of Hippo, he proposes a vision for being with one another that contrasts with working for, working with or being for each other. With is a short and powerful essay exploring issues which have recurred in the work of contemporary thinkers on community such as Jean-Luc Nancy, Roberto Esposito, and Giorgio Agamben.

A contemplative and lyrical memoir of early childhood, inheritance, and loss. Carol Mavor blends encounters with the works of Piero della Francesca and Brueghel, Goya and Mann, alongside a synesthetic immersion in pre-linguistic memory. It is a scholarly and intimate look at grief and reparation, imagination and forgiveness.