@ThomHamer

PhD candidate at @cardiffuni and @unisouthampton, funded by the @SWWDTP/@ahrcpress, investigating post-ironic and metamodern responses to existential absurdity.

 United Kingdom
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Joined October 2010
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What, if anything, makes life absurd? I'm curious to see what springs to mind beyond experts in the field of existential philosophy. Feel free to share your thoughts. #existentialism #nihilism #literature #psychology
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Taking a few days to immerse myself in the 'The Sacred Return of Lost Things' at the Liverpool @Biennial. Big shout-out to @SWWDTP for funding this trip. 🤲 — artwork by Isa do Rosário
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Get ready for another edition of The Metamodern Festival! What can circus offer to deepen our understanding of the times we’re living in? Join us on Friday 26th May 2023 at NoFit State Circus. ✨ Get your free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-metam…
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A new art video, today at #encounteringrome Thank's @ThomHamer for the brilliant soundtrack! and the @SWWDTP for the support 🧿
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Be sure to join us on Friday the 17th of February at the University of Southampton for our #NostalgiaRuminations workshop where we will be investigating how nostalgia cultivates a sense of identity and togetherness! Supported by the @SWWDTP Link here: bit.ly/3J8ahqY
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Contemplating symbolic moments of change (e.g. New Year). How can they engender actual change—and how may they hamper it?
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Contemplating the idea of inner consent. What does it mean to say yes to one's own actions or to fail to do so (and letting them unfold anyway)?
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Contemplating the role of innovation in modern and contemporary art. Why do we value novelty?
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Contemplating productivity as a central source of meaning in life. Is it something praiseworthy or problematic?
Contemplating clichés and platitudes. Why are we so repulsed by them?
We're hiring! Two open-ended Teaching & Research posts, one in moral philosophy and one in political philosophy. Both appointments can be made at any level from Lecturer to Reader. Details: bit.ly/CdfPhilJobsNov22
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Contemplating self-sabotage. Why do we do it?
I'm compiling a reading list of transgressive fiction. However, I would like to counterbalance all the misogyny with some transgressive works written from a more feminist perspective. What should I read?
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Contemplating the ambiguity of surprise. Why do we experience the unexpected sometimes as comical and at other times as disconcerting?
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What is the most common motif in your dreams?
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Contemplating irony in music, especially jazz and classical compositions. What are your favourite pieces/composers with an ironic touch?
Why is it so excessively common for my dream self to move around sliding instead of walking? Is there a drive towards the cool that is being repressed during the day and comes out at night?
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Contemplating the opposite of #demisexuality. Is it possible that someone only feels sexual attraction to the extent that they have *not* developed an emotional bond with them?
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Contemplating the temporal orientation of psychotherapy. Does the psychotherapeutic practice focus primarily on causes, or purposes—the whence, or the wherefore?
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"Man [...] is a creator with a mind that soars out to speculate about atoms and infinity. [...] Yet at the same time, as the Eastern sages also knew, man is a worm and food for worms." Ernest Becker (1973), The Denial of Death, p. 26.
I wonder how many suggestions for future research really get picked up.
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