Join us at the Philosophers' Book Club to discuss Iris Murdoch’s Under the Net.
As both a philosopher and a novelist, Murdoch wanted to exploit the advantages 'of having a mind on the borders of philosophy, literature, and politics’, and her first novel, Under the Net, is a comic meditation on everything from the nature of truth to living a moral life.
At the Philosophers’ Book Club, we select a work of fiction for philosophical dissection by our panel. Although you are encouraged to read the book in advance, it is by no means necessary.
Hannah Marije Altorf (@DrAltorf) is Reader in Philosophy, St. Mary's University.
Lucy Bolton (@BoltonsMotors) is Reader in Film Studies, QMUL.
Mara-Daria Cojocaru is Lecturer in Practical Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy.
Shahidha Bari (@ShahidhaBari) is Fellow, Forum for Philosophy and Professor, University of the Arts London.
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