PhiloQuest 2025 was a year-long journey through books and films exploring politics, technology, history, and literature. Monthly discussion group where we examined a book or film and explored the ideas within.
Sessions were not recorded.
Virtual meetups on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm CET (Madrid time).
2025 Lineup
January: Her (2013) – Directed by Spike Jonze
February: Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography by Robert Irwin
March: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) – Directed by Werner Herzog
April: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs
May: The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
June: About Time (2013) – Directed by Richard Curtis
July: Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen
August: Bab’Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005) – Directed by Nacer Khemir
September: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
October: The Poverty of Historicism by Karl Popper
November: Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self by Andrea Wulf
December: Sunset Boulevard (1950) – Directed by Billy Wilder
What People Said
“My 3rd or 4th PhiloQuest purchase. Always happy.” — Anonymous
“These discussions are always entertaining and sometimes even educational. :-D” — Robert T Muir