Interested in reading more about public philosophy? Live in London? Come to the London Public Philosophy Reading Group!

I've amassed a lot of interviews and literature across themes including public philosophy's relationship to work, community spaces, prisons, schools, arts/culture, media, and much else. I am aware that there are not many reading lists dedicated to public philosophy, particularly which draw from beyond philosophy itself. So I run a monthly, in-person only reading group in London. We read selections of the interviews I've done as well from this wider literature, and we're very open to people's recommendations for reading too!
 

If this is something you are interested in joining, get in touch at thepubliclifeofthemind@gmail.com. 

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What we've read so far:

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• Community philosophy: 'Relocation and Repopulation: Why Community Philosophy Matters' by Grace Lockrobin. From Philosophy and Community: Theories, Practices and Possibilities.
   

• Art and public philosophy: Excerpts from Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art by Grant Kester, and 'From the Object to the Concrete Intervention' by WochenKlausur.
   

• Travel and philosophy: 'Thinking in Transit' by Megan Craig & Edward S. Casey. From Philosophy, Travel, and Place Being in Transit.
   

• Popular culture and public philosophy: '“Summer Love” or “Just a Summer Thing?”: Feminist Standpoint Epistemology and the folklore Love Triangle' by Lottie Pike and Tom Beevers, from Taylor Swift and Philosophy: Essays from the Tortured Philosophers Department; 'Public Philosophy Through Narrative' by Barry Lam, from A Companion to Public Philosophy.
   

• Philosophy in cafes: Excerpts from Socrates Café by Christopher Phillips and Metropolis by Ben Wilson. 

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