In this podcast, we hear Christopher Norris read from and discuss his new collection of poetry, Damaged Life: Poems After Adorno’s Minima Moralia, in a recording from the launch event for the book on 9 December 2021. The poems respond to some cryptic and dialectically wiredrawn passages from Theodor Adorno’s book Minima Moralia with its highly condensed and, on occasion, strikingly poetic prose. Christopher Norris is Emeritus Professor in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff and author of many books on philosophy, literary theory, music, and the history of ideas. Hosted by Torgeir Fjeld, the ePod gives you fresh views on philosophy, art, and society.

The poems include:

• 'Commitment: Adorno/Brecht' (selection);
• 'Little Nails';
• 'Magic Flute';
• 'Splinter' (read by Val Norris);
• 'Hegel and the Robot-Bombs';
• 'Gaps'; and
• 'Promise me this, my child’ (read by Val Norris).