Frédéric Worms publishes an essay on the philosophy of emergency
The philosopher and director of the École normale supérieure in Paris proposes a framework built on a democratic triptych — life, science, justice — to think through today's overlapping crises.
Frédéric Worms, philosopher and director of the École normale supérieure in Paris, has published a new essay, L'Urgence la plus vitale, according to Télérama, which called it a profound work.
The book attempts to frame what Worms calls a philosophy of emergency, organized around a democratic triptych: life, science, justice, per the paper's summary. No further detail on the book's argument, length or publisher was given in the source material.
Worms has previously written on care, vulnerability and crisis in contemporary life; this new essay, as described, extends that line of thought to the pressures of the present moment, though Télérama's account does not specify which crises it addresses.
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