Philosophical Myths of the Fall, by Stephen Mulhall, is my 15th purchase of 2006. It is a fine book, and follows his earlier effort On Film. Stephen taught at Essex’s Philosophy department during my time in the mid-1990s; he lectured in an always clear and exhilirating manner, free from the ego-dramatics that consumed Mark Sacks (for example). Now a Fellow at New College, Oxford, Stephen also appeared on the BBC’s In Our Time series as one of the guests on the Redemption episode.
In the meantime, the Essex Philosophy implosion continues apace. Simon Critchley - sometime lecturer, sometime philosopher - has re-invented himself as a pop star. (link courtesy of infinite thought).
