Last Edited: February 26, 2025

On Culture Work: An Interview with Stephen Jenkinson

Originally published: February 26, 2025

INTERVIEW

Interview Published on February 26, 2025

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From Tad Hargrave:

On Saturday morning, in the lead up to the 10th anniversary of the book Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, I sat down over zoom with its author Stephen Jenkinson to have a conversation about ‘culture work’ which seems to have been a thread through all of his endeavours.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. – Krishnamurthi

Culture work is underwritten by the notion that most of our maladies aren’t personal in nature but cultural but that the very culture that harms us has become invisible to us.

I won’t say too much more. You can hear the rest in the 75 minute interview:

Read more on Tad’s original article here.

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