Examined Life

September. 05,2008

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Documentary

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Woman Director Philosophy

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.

Cornel West as Self

Judith Butler as Self

Slavoj Žižek as Self

Peter Singer as Self

Martha C. Nussbaum as Self

Avital Ronell as Self

Barack Obama as Self (floating on a boat in central park)

Michelle Obama as Self (floating on a boat in central park)

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