• Josh Cohen on Letting the Literary Be a Guide to Life

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

    In this episode, Andrew is joined by Josh Cohen, the author of How to Live. What to Do: In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature, to explore a new way for us to understand ourselves from the perspective of iconic and historical fictional characters.

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    Josh Cohen is Professor of Modern Literary Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London and a psychoanalyst in private practice. He is the author of books and articles on modern literature, cultural theory and psychoanalysis.


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