Emily Herring

When Philosophy Stopped the Traffic in New York City | Los Angeles Review of Books Alexandre Lefebvre explores Emily Herring’s “Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.”

My review of @emilyherring.bsky.social Herald of a Restless Age was selected as one of the top four pieces in “Theory & Criticism” for the LARB's 15-year anniversary edition.

It’s a love letter to my favorite philosopher, Henri Bergson.
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Thanks for your recs everyone! I finished my thing!!!

I don't use spotify anymore but thanks!

I'm looking to interview some non-American musicians or bands who've decided not to tour in the U.S. this year because of ICE. Please hit my DMs if you are willing to chat about this decision.

What is your favourite focus music? Asking for me who is pulling an all nighter at the working on a thing factory

Book Review: ‘Herald of a Restless World,’ by Emily Herring (Gift Article) Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what the fuss was about.

My book about Bergson! Reviewed! In the New York Times! What a time to be alive! My book is described as "lively and deft"! 🤓
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/b...

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Thanks that's so kind!

The older I get the more I vibe with techno. What's that about?

I’ve just read @emilyherring.bsky.social’s excellent biography of Bergson, Herald of a Restless World, and now I want a bowler hat.

The older I get the more I vibe with techno. What's that about?

Most of us agree that these apps are terrible for us but it becomes even more obvious when you do actually step away

Most of us agree that these apps are terrible for us but it becomes even more obvious when you do actually step away

I have achieved this by removing apps from my phone and using site blockers because the addiction is bad

This is probably really an annoying post but I have massively decreased my social media usage, in particular anything that involves scrolling, and I have to say, as an anxiety sufferer, I feel better for it.

Why do we remember the past? Bergson's forgotten question Doudja Boumaza (University of Grenoble Alpes)

If the brain doesn’t store memories, where are they? Why do we summon the past into the present? Henri Bergson explored these questions. Doudja Boumaza (Grenoble) is at The Memory Palace today encouraging us all to revisit Bergson’s answers. Enjoy!
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“What a pity that everything we say to each other is always the same; the ideas we exchange are just alike in every conversation we have; yet inside each of these isolated machines, what hidden passageways, what secret compartments! Each man bears a whole world within himself! a world nobody knows that’s born and dies in total silence! What solitudes these human bodies are!” Alfred de Musset Fantasio

Alfred de Musset 💕

This is what all the cool people are doing

Hélas ! tout ce que les hommes se disent entre eux se ressemble ; les idées qu’ils échangent sont presque toujours les mêmes dans toutes leurs conversations ; mais, dans l’intérieur de toutes ces machines isolées, quels replis, quels compartiments secrets ! C’est tout un monde que chacun porte en lui ! un monde ignoré qui naît et qui meurt en silence ! Quelles solitudes que tous ces corps humains !

In the original French

“What a pity that everything we say to each other is always the same; the ideas we exchange are just alike in every conversation we have; yet inside each of these isolated machines, what hidden passageways, what secret compartments! Each man bears a whole world within himself! a world nobody knows that’s born and dies in total silence! What solitudes these human bodies are!” Alfred de Musset Fantasio

Alfred de Musset 💕

This is what all the cool people are doing

I'm so glad! Thanks so much for sharing :)

I loved the part where he goes to the US in 1917, tries to get the US into the war, and becomes friends with Colonel House. Which I had never known before.

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As I said, I requested my local library to get it, which I recommend to others.

I edited this beautiful new issue of Bergsoniana. All issues including this one are available in open access here: journals.openedition.org/bergsoniana/...

You know I have a writing deadline because instead of writing, I just googled “do some people have bigger eyes than others or do they just have smaller heads?”

You know I have a writing deadline because instead of writing, I just googled “do some people have bigger eyes than others or do they just have smaller heads?”

@jk_rowling · Feb 2 This is beyond silly. Neither I, nor anybody on my team, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to anything. https://x.com/girlslasttourr/girlslasttourrr/status/2018093016548778327

Justice.gov Epstein Files official Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play invite to Jeffrey Epstein

Peggy Siegal Company: "Hi just liet us know where you like to send the tickets. Rhys Kimmitt "the tickets are on their way to Peggy's office. Please deal with Lila to arrange pickup" CC Jeffrey Epstein "Rhys please deal with Jeffrey Epstein's assistant [redacted] She will send a messenger to pick up his two dinner tickets. Thanks so much! xoxo Peggy"

To Jeffrey Epstein Ryhs Kimmitt Marisa Frank and Lila Walker from Peggy "To whom this may concern Rhys...what was not clear?" "I was very explicit with my staff and you about TWO tickets for the DINNER for Jeffrey Epstein. What genius filled the ticket order? Why wasn't his name on the DINNER list at the door? What genius thought my friend would not have a plus one when we ordered TWO tickets. What robot at the door would not let him in? This has ruined what was a perfect everning for all of us. I am incredibly emarabassed by the rigid behavior of some child minded door guard. Jeffrey is a captain of international finance and a close personal friend of mine. I know this was not done on purpose but it still is terribly upsetting. Please find out who did this and send an apology note. Thank you so much. Peggy. Jeffrey...of all nights, I left my two phones home, I was actually looking for you all night, I was with Soon-Yi and she thought you were having dinner with her husband. I am so very sorry. What a screw up.

JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims