Examined Life (2008)
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy’s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Astra Taylor
Actors: Astra Taylor, Avital Ronell, Cornel West, Judith Butler, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Martha C. Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Peter Singer, Slavoj Žižek, Sunaura Taylor
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