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Literature and Lifeworlds: Szabo, Schutz, Habermas
The idea of the lifeworld seems especially well-suited to capturing the sense of life as it is lived. After looking at theories of the lifeworld in Schutz and Habermas, I turn to The Door, a prize-winning novel by Magda Szabo about the ties of love, anger, and misunderstanding that bind a novelist and her housekeeper. How might Szabo’s novel enrich existing theories of everyday life? And how are intellectuals seen by those who cook their meals and sweep their floors?
Date:
29 October 2025, 17:15
Venue:
Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details:
Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
Speaker:
Professor Rita Felski (University of Virginia)
Organisers:
Naomi Rokotnitz (Worcester College),
Professor Ben Morgan (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
naomi.rokotnitz@worc.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Fiction and Other Minds Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Nathan Stazicker
