Sipping Whiskey in Memphis A Conversation Between Robert Bernasconi and Jonathan Judaken on Racism and Existentialism

Robert Bernasconi, Jonathan Judaken

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Abstract

Robert Bernasconi (RB): Jonathan, to get us started, tell me about your background and what brought you to focus on the intersections of existentialism and racism? Jonathan Judaken (JJ): Well, I grew up in a Jewish family in Johannesburg in Apartheid South Africa. And I think all of those very specific facets of my upbringing are important to the trajectory of my work. My work has been a process of unthinking and dismantling and coming to terms with a past, a family, a legacy that very much defines who I am. I’m attempting to understand myself within the broader frameworks within which I grew up. I left South Africa permanently when I was twelve.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10-24
Number of pages15
JournalSartre Studies International
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Philosophy
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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