by Mauro Carbone Mauro Carbone is Distinguished Professor of Aesthetics at the Faculté de Philosophie of the University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, and an Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Influenced by phenomenology, in particular by Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, his present researches focus on the contemporary screen experiences and...

In a commencement speech to Kenyon College, David Foster Wallace tells a story that sounds like this: “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?”

By Dario Cecchi Dario Cecchi is a professor of philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome. This article initially appeared on Fata Morgana Web and is reprinted here with permission. Author’s Note Italy is the European country in which COVID-19 first started its spread and the one in which the number...

By Richard Grusin Richard Grusin is Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of Premediation: Affect and Mediality After 9/11. This essay was originally published on Fata Morgana Web in English and Italian. I am writing this short piece during Passover 2020, shortly after...