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Description
Did you know that most philosophers hate fashion? Did you know that they claim it’s shallow and silly, and almost worthless? Did you also know that despite what they write, philosophers have been thinking about and dependent on fashion for thousands of years without knowing it? On this episode, we discuss the validity of fashion as an art form and reexamine what the word “fashion” might mean in the first place.
Gwenda-lin Grewal is the Onassis Lecturer in Ancient Greek Thought and Language & Assistant Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. She is author, editor, and translator of multiple books, most recently: Fashion | Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion. She is also the owner of her own clothing line, Hardly Alice. Her personal website is at www.gwengrewal.com.
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Publication Date
4-13-2025
Publisher
Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
City
Grand Forks, ND
Disciplines
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Weinstein, Jack Russell and Grewal, Gwenda-lin, "Philosophy and Fashion" (2025). Why? Radio Podcast Archive. 186.
https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/186