Philosophers’ Book Club reconvenes to discuss Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Notable for its unflinching portrayal of the process of dying and centrally concerned with the question how to live a meaningful life, Ivan Ilyich is one of the great novellas. Thomas Karshan and Olga Sobolev join Jonathan Birch to explore Tolstoy’s philosophical ideas, his work, and his life.
Speakers
• 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻
Senior Lecturer in Literature, University of East Anglia
• 𝗢𝗹𝗴𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘃
Programme Director BSc Language, Culture and Society, LSE
Chair
• 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗵
Fellow, Forum for Philosophy & Associate Professor of Philosophy, LSE
Recorded on 16 February 2021
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