Existentialism and Meaning with Theodore Dalrymple

Anthony Malcolm Daniels, who generally uses the pen name Theodore Dalrymple is an English writer and retired prison doctor and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London. Before his retirement in 2005, he worked in City Hospital, Birmingham and Winson Green Prison in inner-city Birmingham, England. He is the author of a number of books, including Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass; Our Culture, What's Left of It; and Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality. In this episode we will be discussing existentialism, meaning, responsibility and his book The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurdwhich he co-authored with Kenneth Francis. If you wish to support Hermitix please see our links below: Hermitix Patreon Hermitix Merchandise One off Donations at Ko-Fi Hermitix Twitter