We’re everything European philosophy can be in the UK. We’re all it can be, which is rather frightening. Stunted. Like some dwarf species. Like some inbred species. Crabbed. Bad tempered. Unable to thrive.
These aren’t the right conditions for it, European philosophy. The soil of empiricism. And industrialism. And financial capitalism.
We do some things well: pop music. Film, sometimes. We do some things badly: philosophy. High culture in general. Intellectual stuff.
We embarrass ourselves when we try! It doesn’t suit us!
Oh I’m sure European philosophy it’s perfectly fine on the actual continent. In actual Europe. I’m sure it’s thriving over there. Pressing up to new heights and so on. But here? In the UK?
Work in Progress 