Media Reviews

Media Commentary in French

Most Recent Listed First:

• "La philosophie, un art de vivre," an article about Dr. Shusterman's work in Sciences Humaines, a French journal (Summer 2016)
• Review of L'Objet de la critique littéraire by Gian Paolo Giudicetti (3 October, 2011)
• "Leçons de pragmatisme," from Le Monde (9 July 2010), a French daily newspaper
• "Le style de Richard Shusterman, une affaire de corps" from Les quotidiennes: Un regard de femme sur l'actuallité (10 May 2010)
• "Conférence Ecole, Richard Schusterman, Head-Genève" (5 May 2010)
• France Culture interview on L'Objet de la critique littéraire and more recent work (November 2009)
• Review in Le Monde of Mouvements No. 57 (July 2009)
• Made in Luxe Magazine Article on Body Consciousness and Golf (Luxembourg, June 2009)
• "Lard de la critique" a review/ interview on L'Objet de la critique littéraire in the daily, Libération (28 May 2009)
• "On Popular Culture" from France Culture (March 2009)
• Interview in Corps/ revue interdisciplinaire (March 2009)
• "Esthétique pragmatiste et conscience du corps. Entretien avec Richard Shusterman." Mouvements No. 57 (First Quarter 2009)
• Une esthétique biologique 02 (Summer 2008)
• Profile/ interview in Philosophie Magazine (March 2008)
• Interview and book review in Le Monde (30 November 2007)
• "Intelligence du Corps" review from Le Monde (30 November 2007) print version
• "Les Effets Secondaires d'une Philosophie Douce" from Le Monde (30 November 2007)
• France Culture interview on Conscience du Corps (November 2007)
• artpress review of Conscience du corps
• Profile/ interview in Le Point -  (December 2007) print version
• Profile/ interview in Les Inrockuptibles (December 2007)
• Interview in the French daily Le Jour (August 1996, updated March 2003)
• L'Humanité review of Vivre la philosophie (June 28, 2002)
• Les Inrockuptibles review of Vivre la philosophie (May 29, 2002)
• Le Monde review of Vivre la philosophie (April 12, 2002)
• Interview in le gredin (October 1999)
• Interview in Revue d'esthetique (1994)
• Interview in le Jour (October 1993)
• Les Inrockuptibles review of L'art à l'état vif (May 1992)
• "L'or du Rap" in the French daily, Libération (April 1992)
• La Quinzaine Litteraire review of Vivre la philosophie (September 30, 2002)
• Le Nouvel Observateur review of L'art à l'état vif (March 1992)
• "Une esthétique du hip-hop": Le Monde review of L'art à l'état vif (January 31, 1992)

Chinese Media Commentary

• Guangming Daily Interview (2014)
• Beijing Morning Post Review of Body Consciousness (December 2011), Print Version
• Wenhui review of Chinese version of Performing Live
• "Somaesthetics: Progress and Issues-- A Dialogue and Argument between American and Chinese Scholars", Academic Monthly, No.8, (2007)
• Philosophical Trends - Interview and book review of Chinese version of Performing Live (2008)
• Interview at Peking University (October 2002), published in the Peking University Journal of Philosophy
• The China Reading Weekly review of Pragmatist Aesthetics
• Interview on Somaesthetics in Guangming Daily, 9/28/2010
• Interview with Li Yuan-yuan in Dong Fang Cong Kan 2010, English Translation

Media Commentary In German

• Die Liebeskunst als somästhetisches Phänomen und ihre kulturellen Spielarten review in Polylog: Zeitschrift für Interkulturelles Philosophieren, 46 (2021)134-138.
• Akademie Verlag Rezension review in Zeitschrift Fur Bibliothek, Archive und Information in Norddeutschland (December 2007)
• Verbesserte Körperkultur in Nene Zürcher Zeitung (August 2005)
• Neue Zürche Zeitung  review of Philosophie als Lebenspraxis (June 20, 2002)
• "Scattered Crowd" An Installation by: William Forsythe (March 2002)
• Tageszeitung review of Philosophie als Lebenspraxis (2001)
• Interview in Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik: A Quarterly of Language, Literature, and Culture (In English, 2000)
• Der Tagesspiegel review of Vor der Interpretation (March 2, 1997)
• Dtsch Z. Philos review of Vor der Interpretation (1997)
• Kunstforum International review of Kunst Leben (1996)
• "Manchmal Fehlt der Mut zum Risiko" from Berliner Zeitung 254 (1995)
• "Darf Kunst ein Genuß sein?" in the Kleine Zeitung (October 1995)
• Neue Zürche Zeitung review of Kunst Leben (July 1995)
• Freitag Review of Die Asthetik des Pragmatismus. (January 1995).
• Zitty Magazine review of Kunst Leben (December 1994)
• Der Tagesspiegel Review of Kunst Leben (1994)
• Suddeutsche Zeitung Review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (1994)

Media Commentary In Korean

• Kyung-Hee University newspaper article covering the 2010 Peace BAR Festival in Seoul: "The Body as a New Paradigm of Civilization."
• Korean Newspaper and other media reviews of the 2010 Korean translation of Body Consciousness:
  • Korean review from the Kangwon Dalily
  • Korean review from ET News
  • Korean review from donga.com
  • Korean review from munhwa.com
• Korean blog reviews of the Korean translation of Body Consciousness:
  • https://blog.aladin.co.kr/misshide/4243769
• Korean translation of a review of Body Consciousness from LePoint
• Korean translation of a review of Body Consciousness from Mouvements
• Korean translation of a review of Body Consciousness from ArtPress
• Korean translation of a review of Body Consciousness from Philosophie Magazine
• Korean translation of a review of Body Consciousness from Les Inrockuptibles
• Dong-A Il Bo review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (August 24, 2002, in Korean)

Media Commentary in English

Media Commentary on Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love

• Review of  Ars Erotica from the Journal of Somaesthetics (2021)
• Review of Ars Erotica from Psychology of Women Quarterly (2021)

Media Commentary on Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics

• Review of Body Consciousness from The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (2008)
• Review of Body Consciousness from the Journal of Speculative Philosophy (2008)
• "Somaesthetics and the Critique of Cartesian Dualism" a review of Body Consciousness from Body & Society  (September 2008)
• Review of Body Consciousness from Metapsychology online (September 30, 2008)
• Translation of Interview and book review from LeMonde (December 2007)
• Review of Body Consciousness from Education and Culture (2008)
• "Biological Aesthetics" 02 No 46 (Summer  2008)
• "Richard Shusterman Talks About His New Book Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics"  The Philosopher's Magazine (2008)
• Interview in artUS : "Soma Holiday" (pdf) or "Soma Holiday" (html) (2008)
• "Body-Con" from Vogue India
• The Korea Times commentary on Dr. Shusterman's keynote address to the 2010 Peace BAR Festival in Seoul, South Korea. Also see "The Art of the Body".

Media Commentary on Pragmatist Aesthetics: Living Beauty, Rethinking Art

• Untitled Review in Iyyun: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly / עיון: רבעון פילוסופיכרך‎  47 (January 1998), pp. 89-99 by Joseph Grünfeld,  S. H. Bergman Center for Philosophical Studies
• "The Return of the Repressed": London Times review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (July 9, 1993)
• Two Questions on Cannibalism and Rap in English and Portuguese (1995)
• "The Thinker and the Rapper" column in PopMatters on Pragmatist Aesthetics (June 5, 2002)
• Breaking Out of the White Cube (1995)
• The Pragmatist Aesthetics of Richard Shusterman: A Conversation
• "The Myth of Europe" column in PopMatters on "the American fallacy" and Pragmatist Aesthetics (Jan 30, 2002)
• Dong-A Il Bo review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (August 24, 2002, in English)
• Philadelphia Inquirer review of Pragmatist Aesthetics
• The Helka Interview in Helsinki (June 2000)
• Nouvel Observer interview: "The Field of Rap" (26 March 1992)
• Interview in Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik: A Quarterly of Language, Literature, and Culture (In English, 2000)

Media Commentary on Practicing Philosophy: Pragmatism and the Philosophical Life

• Philadelphia Inquirer review of Practicing Philosophy (July 13, 1997)
• "Thought and the Forms of Life" review of Practicing Philosophy in The Boston Book Review 4.5 (June 1997); 24-25.
• "The Body of a Philosopher" discussion of Shusterman by Jon Borowicz

Media Commentary on Various Books and Projects

• In Conversation: Richard Shusterman, D. Phil Philosopher Seeks Collaborators, Discusses Similarities with Science (Fall 2018)
• Review of Shusterman's Pragmatism. Between Literature and Somaesthetics. (Fall 2012)
• "Atlas shrugged, but Arnold didn’t: A philosopher defends bodybuilding" Broad Street Review (March 2009)
• Interview in UNF Philosophy blog: "An Interview with Richard Shusterman" (March 27, 2007)
• Interview in Parachute: "Art and Self-Fashioning"
• Review of Surface and Depth in Consciousness, Literature and the Arts (April 2003)
• Mind Review of Performing Live (2001)
• Interview in Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education (2002)
• New York Times review of "Minding the Body" course (1999)
• Interview in Naked Punch (2009)
• Interview at the Wittgenstein symposium in Austria (1995)
• Philadelphia Inquirer story on "Minding the Body" course (February 15, 1999)
• Philadelphia Inquirer story on "Dialogue on the Square" series (September 20, 2000)
• My Day from The Chronicle of Higher Education (2003)
• The return of the repressed from the Times' Higher Education Supplement (July 1993)
• Philadelphia Inquirer story on Dr. Shusterman and the hip-hop culture (October 28, 1992)
• Temple Times story on aesthetics and pop art study (November 8, 1990)

Media Commentary In Other Languages

Danish

• Interview in Asterisk (Copenhagen, August 2004)

Finnish

• “Kokemus Käsillä.” Interview with Piritta Aaltonen. Taito 4 (2012): 22. English Translation Here.
• "Keho peliin, politiikka syyniin" in the Helsinki University Magazine, Finland (March 2012)
• Profile in Helsingin Sanomat (2009)
• Finnish interview in Synteesi (2003)
• Taide write-up of Pragmatist Aesthetics (1995, in Finnish)
• Finnish interview in Konigsberg

Hungarian

• Body Consciousness and Philosophy - an Interview with Richard Shusterman in Jelenkor
• "Pragmatisták a házban" in the Hungarian Élet És Irodalom (2005)
• Review of Hungarian version  of Pragmatist Aesthetics by P. Szathmáry István (2003)

Italian

• "La Belleza in una Prospettiva Pragmatista e Somaestetica" by Stefano Marino (April 2019)
• "Cibo e Arte" in La Repubblica newspaper (May 2015)
• Italian Review of Estetica pragmatista by Roberto Frega (2011)
• Italian Review of Estetica pragmatista by G. Matteucci (2011)
• Italian Review of Estetica pragmatista by Giuseppe Patella (2011)

Japanese

• December 20, 2007 and December 21, 2007 articles from "A View from Paris" blog on the release of Conscience du corps (In Japanese)
• Music Magazine review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (February 2000, in Japanese)
• Translation of Le Monde interview into Japanese on "A View from Paris" blog

Norwegian

• SAMTALER I SAMTIDEN Norwegian interview
• "Den vanskeligste av alle kunster" Norweigian interview

Polish

• “Cielesność Doświadczenia” An interview with Anna Wójcik. Dwutygodnik 80 (April 2012). English Translation Here
• Podręcznik higieny from Tygodnik Powszechnv (in Polish, 2010)
• Polish interview in Odra (2005)
• Somaestetyka dodatek specjalny (2012, in Polish)

Portuguese

• "A SOMAESTÉTICA E A FILOSOFIA PRAGMATISTA DE RICHARD SHUSTERMAN: UMA ENTREVISTA" in Revista Eletrônica de Filosofia, Vol. 15, n. 1 (2018)
• "Sobre O Físico E O Metafísico" in the Brazilian Daily O Estado de S. Paulo (April 7, 2012)
• Folha de Sao Paolo review of Pragmatist Aesthetics (May 21, 1998, in Portuguese)
• "O Grande Defensor Da Arte Do Gueto" (1998, in Portuguese)
• "Livro Compara 'Rappers' a Pensadores Gregos" (1998,  in Portuguese)
• "Duas questões sobre canibalismo e rap" (1995)

Spanish

• "El filosofo Richard Shusterman en Cartagena" in the El Universal Newspaper, Colombia (April 2011)
• Pagina Abierta Article on "La Filosofia del Rap" (January, 1993, In Spanish)

Swedish

• Material interview about Pragmatist Aesthetics (1998, in Swedish)
• Body as Media interview in Kunsten (March 2014)