Was there ever UK European philosophy? Was it only ever a dream? Did we dream it up, our entre academic life? Livia, and all that? Mercia? Is there a really a city called Merica, and do we live there?
The humanities can’t be seen anymore. Only out of the corner of the eye. Because they don’t matter in the new world.
It takes the humanities to diagnose what the humanities have become. It takes philosophy …
Are we the ones who understand? Us – uniquely us? The way the humanities have essentially been abandoned. Vacated. Cleared out. The way they’ve been left out in the rain. The way they’ve been packed up, ready for removal.
Work in Progress 