Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

By Robert Harrison

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The Enlightenment - A conve...

03.20.2023

May 22, 2007--A conversation with Brown University Professor Pierre Saint-Amand on the dark side of the French Enlightenment.

Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) episodes:

03.20.2023 The Enlightenment - A conversation with Pierre Saint-Amand May 22, 2007--A conversation with Brown University Professor Pierre Saint-Amand on the dark side of the French Enlightenment.
03.20.2023 Hannah Arendt pt. 2 - A conversation with Karen Feldman May 15, 2007--A continuation of the conversation with Professor Karen Feldman of Berkeley on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.
03.20.2023 Hannah Arendt pt. 1 - A conversation with Karen Feldman May 15, 2007--A conversation with Professor Karen Feldman of Berkeley on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt.
03.20.2023 Tom Thomson in Purgatory - A conversation with Troy Jollimore May 8, 2007--A conversation with Poet and Professor of Philosophy Troy Jollimore on his award winning book of poetry. Tom Thomson in Purgatory won the 2007 Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
03.20.2023 Ancient Athenian Democracy - A conversation with Josiah Ober May 1, 2007--A conversation with Stanford Professor Josiah Ober about democracy in ancient Athens.
03.20.2023 Higher Education - A conversation with John Hennessy April 24, 2007--A conversation with Stanford President John Hennessy about the vocation of higher education, the role of the Humanities at Stanford, and the general mission of Stanford University.
03.20.2023 Dante Pt. 3 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff April 17, 2007
03.20.2023 Dante Pt. 2 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff April 17, 2007
03.20.2023 Dante Pt. 1 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff April 10, 2007
03.20.2023 The Earthly Paradise - An Epilogue June 20, 2006
03.20.2023 Concluding Opinions June 13, 2006. Listen to Robert Harrison conclude Entitled Opinions' first year on the radio with a few reflections on birds.
03.20.2023 Henry James - A conversation with Colm Toibin June 06, 2006. Listen to Irish novelist Colm Toibin speak about Henry James, the main character of his acclaimed novel, The Master.
03.20.2023 American Corporations - A conversation with Drew Gibson May 30, 2006. Listen to Silicon Valley businessman Drew Gibson speak about the state of American corporations and the philosophy that governs them.
03.20.2023 The Virgin Mary - A conversation with Bissera Pentcheva May 23, 2006. Listen to Stanford Art History Professor Bissera Pentcheva speak about the figure of the Virgin Mary in the early eastern and western churches.
03.20.2023 Cancer - Part 2 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson May 16, 2006. Listen to Stanford Medical School Professor and Doctor Michael Hendrickson speak about Cancer as a disorder of life.
03.20.2023 Life - Part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson May 16, 2006. Listen to Stanford Medical School Professor and Doctor Michael Hendrickson address the question "What is Life?".
03.20.2023 The Avantgarde - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff May 9, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Emerita Marjorie Perloff speak about the European Avantgarde.
03.20.2023 The US Constitution - A conversation with Kathleen Sullivan May 2, 2006. Listen to Stanford Law Professor Kathleen Sullivan speak about the founding scriptures of the United States of America.
03.20.2023 Anti-Americanism - A conversation with Russell Berman April 25, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Russell Berman speak about the historical and cultural causes of anti-Americanism.
03.20.2023 The Resurrection pt 2 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan April 18, 2006. Part 2 of a conversation with Tom Sheehan on the Christ's resurrection.
03.20.2023 The Resurrection pt 1 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan April 18, 2006. Part 1 of a conversation with Tom Sheehan on the Christ's resurrection.
03.20.2023 Americans in Paris - A conversation with Cécile Alduy April 11, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Cécile Alduy speak about the long tradition of American writers in Paris, from Gertrude Stein to the beats.
03.20.2023 The History of the Book - A conversation with Seth Lerer April 4, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Seth Lerer speak about the history and culture of the book.
03.20.2023 Love Poetry - A conversation with Lisa Dornell March 14, 2006. Listen to KZSU DJ Lisa Dornell (aka "Decca") and Robert Harrison speak about and read love poetry from across the centuries.
03.20.2023 1910 - A conversation with Thomas Harrison March 07, 2006. Listen to Professor Thomas Harrison of UCLA speak about the culture of expressionism in pre-WWI Europe.
03.20.2023 American Cemeteries - A conversation with Marilyn Yalom February 28, 2006. Listen to Stanford Senior Scholar Marilyn Yalom speak about the cemeteries of America, including the cemeteries of New Orleans and what happened to them in the wake of Katrina,.
03.20.2023 The Fate of the Earth - A conversation with Paul Ehrlich February 21, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich speak about evolution, ecology, population, and consumption. How humans have changed the face of the Earth.
03.20.2023 Isaac Babel - A conversation with Gregory Freidin February 14, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Gregory Freidin speak about Isaac Babel and the fate of literature in the Soviet Union.
03.20.2023 The Man Without Qualities - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht February 07, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht speak about the literary and philosophical aspects of Robert Musil's novel "The Man Without Qualities"
03.20.2023 The Historical Jesus - A conversation with Thomas Sheehan January 31, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Thomas Sheehan speak about the historicity of Jesus. Who was he? What do we really know?
03.20.2023 Henry David Thoreau - A conversation with Kathryn Todd January 24, 2006. Listen to Stanford graduate student and KZSU Program Director speak about Henry David Thoreau.
03.20.2023 Cosmology - A conversation with Andrei Linde January 17, 2006. Listen to Cosmologist Andrei Linde speak about the theory of the inflationary universe.
03.20.2023 Shirley Hazzard - A conversation January 10, 2006. Listen to Novelist Shirley Hazzard speak about her life and works.
03.20.2023 Michel Serres - A conversation (in French) December 13, 2005. Listen to French Philosopher Michel Serres speak about his career and thought.
03.20.2023 Vladamir Nabokov - A conversation with Monika Greenleaf December 13, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Monika Greenleaf speak about Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita.
03.20.2023 Albert Camus - A conversation with Jean-Marie Apostolidès December 06, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Jean-Marie Apostolidès speak about the literary career of Albert Camus and his most famous novel, The Stranger.
03.20.2023 Crowds - A conversation with Jeffrey Schnapp November 28, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Jeffrey Schnapp speak about crowds from the ancient world to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
03.20.2023 Richard Rorty - A conversation November 22, 2005. Listen to American philosopher Richard Rorty speak about his career and the current state of philosophy in America.
03.20.2023 Ezra Pound - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff Nov. 15, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Emerita Marjorie Perloff speak about the poetry and politics of Ezra Pound.
03.20.2023 Epicureanism - A conversation with Andrea Nightingale November 8, 2005. Listen to Stanford Classics Professor Andrea Nightingale speak about Epicureanism throughout the ages.
03.20.2023 Marcel Proust - A conversation with Joshua Landy November 1, 2005. Listen to Stanford French Professor Joshua Landy speak about the vocation of literature and Marcel Proust's 4000 page novel, A la recherche du temps perdu.
03.20.2023 Virgil - A conversation with Susanna Braund October 25, 2005. Listen to Stanford Classics Professor Susanna Braund speak about the poetry of Virgil.
03.20.2023 Martin Heidegger - A conversation with Andrew Mitchell October 18, 2005. Listen to Stanford IHUM Fellow speak about the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.
03.20.2023 Francophonie - A conversation with Elisabeth Boyi October 11, 2005. Listen to Professor Elisabeth Boyi speak about African and Caribbean authors who write in French, with special focus on the Martinican poet Aimé Césaire.
03.20.2023 The Scapegoat - A conversation with René Girard October 4, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of ritual sacrifice and the scapegoat in relation to myth and religion from the Old Testament to Ancient Greek Tragedy to Nietzsche.
03.20.2023 The Enlightenment - A conversation with Dan Edelstein September 28, 2005. This week we talk about the French Enlightenment with Professor Dan Edelstein. The discussion includes the relationship between the Enlightenment and Totalitarianism.
03.20.2023 Athletic Beauty - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht September 17, 2005. This week we talk about sports and athletic beauty with Professor Gumbrecht, whose new book "In praise of athletic beauty" just appeared in Germany.
03.20.2023 Mimetic Desire - A conversation with René Girard September 17, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of mimetic desire in relation to authors like Shakespeare and Cervantes.
03.20.2023 Michel Tournier - A conversation with Laura Wittman September 14, 2005. This week we are talking about the modern French novel with Stanford Professor Laura Wittman. We will spend most of the time speaking about Michel Tournier's novel Friday
03.13.2023 The Wilds of Artificial Intelligence with Bryan Cheong March 13, 2023-- A conversation with Bryan Cheong about Artificial Intelligence.

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Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) episodes:

The Enlightenment - A conversation with Pierre Saint-Amand

Hannah Arendt pt. 2 - A conversation with Karen Feldman

Hannah Arendt pt. 1 - A conversation with Karen Feldman

Tom Thomson in Purgatory - A conversation with Troy Jollimore

Ancient Athenian Democracy - A conversation with Josiah Ober

Higher Education - A conversation with John Hennessy

Dante Pt. 3 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff

Dante Pt. 2 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff

Dante Pt. 1 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff

The Earthly Paradise - An Epilogue

Concluding Opinions

Henry James - A conversation with Colm Toibin

American Corporations - A conversation with Drew Gibson

The Virgin Mary - A conversation with Bissera Pentcheva

Cancer - Part 2 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson

Life - Part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson

The Avantgarde - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff

The US Constitution - A conversation with Kathleen Sullivan

Anti-Americanism - A conversation with Russell Berman

The Resurrection pt 2 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan

The Resurrection pt 1 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan

Americans in Paris - A conversation with Cécile Alduy

The History of the Book - A conversation with Seth Lerer

Love Poetry - A conversation with Lisa Dornell

1910 - A conversation with Thomas Harrison

American Cemeteries - A conversation with Marilyn Yalom

The Fate of the Earth - A conversation with Paul Ehrlich

Isaac Babel - A conversation with Gregory Freidin

The Man Without Qualities - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

The Historical Jesus - A conversation with Thomas Sheehan

Henry David Thoreau - A conversation with Kathryn Todd

Cosmology - A conversation with Andrei Linde

Shirley Hazzard - A conversation

Michel Serres - A conversation (in French)

Vladamir Nabokov - A conversation with Monika Greenleaf

Albert Camus - A conversation with Jean-Marie Apostolidès

Crowds - A conversation with Jeffrey Schnapp

Richard Rorty - A conversation

Ezra Pound - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff

Epicureanism - A conversation with Andrea Nightingale

Marcel Proust - A conversation with Joshua Landy

Virgil - A conversation with Susanna Braund

Martin Heidegger - A conversation with Andrew Mitchell

Francophonie - A conversation with Elisabeth Boyi

The Scapegoat - A conversation with René Girard

The Enlightenment - A conversation with Dan Edelstein

Athletic Beauty - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

Mimetic Desire - A conversation with René Girard

Michel Tournier - A conversation with Laura Wittman

The Wilds of Artificial Intelligence with Bryan Cheong