Ben Ware
Ben Ware
London, UK

Ben Ware

Philosopher and social theorist

Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy and Art, King’s College London

It is only by seeing our crisis-ridden present from sideways on – through the ‘distorting’ lens of philosophy and culture – that we come to discover new openings for political thought and action.

Books

Verso — 2024

On ExtinctionBeginning Again at the End

Exposes the diabolical evil of the cult of capitalism in its limitless assault on life in all its forms
Richard Seymour

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Recent essays

  1. Picasso, Bacon and The Time of Monsters in Picasso-Bacon: What it Feels Like to be Human (exhibition catalogue)
  2. Bacon in the Cold World: On Wagers, Wounds and Real Abstraction in Bacon Disfigured
  3. Kafka and the Politics of Despair e-flux Notes
  4. The Problem of Evil TANK
  5. The Sickness of Life: On the Problems with Anti-Natalism Lit Hub

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Enquiries

Ben is represented by Clare Conville at C&W Agency.

Academic enquiries: Benjamin.ware@kcl.ac.uk