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Jonathan Longden
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Philosophy BA. Charting the lineage from Nietzsche to Post-Structuralism. BSP Member. Pre-MPhil study of Heidegger & the crisis of the subject. Monthly notes & essays bridging philosophy, film, and lived existence.
Most critics think Ari Aster's Eddington is just a satire of the 2020 culture wars. They are missing the point entirely.

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Jonathan Longden (@jonathanlongden)
Most critics think Ari Aster's Eddington is just a satire of the 2020 culture wars. They are missing the point entirely. It isn't a film about politics. It’s a terrifying existential horror about how...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Twenty years ago, a neuroscientist told me consciousness was just chemistry. It felt like a paradox: if he was right, his explanation was just chemistry too.

I’ve returned to philosophy (and cinema) to find the answer he couldn't give me.

#philosophy #heidegger #phenomenology #cinema
How to See: Philosophy, Cinema, and the Search for Being
Charting the path from Neuroscience to Heidegger, and finally, to the Cinema of Michael Haneke.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM