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PhiloQuest 2025: Books & Movies

Painting of the death of Socrates, representing PhiloQuest’s monthly book and film discussions

PhiloQuest 2025 was a year-long journey through books and films exploring politics, technology, history, and literature.

Monthly online discussions where we examined a book or film and explored the ideas within. Sessions were held on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm CET.

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2025 Lineup & Schedule

Her (2013) cover
January

Her (2013)

Directed by Spike Jonze (Film)
Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography cover
February

Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography

Robert Irwin
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) cover
March

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

Directed by Werner Herzog (Film)
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds cover
April

The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds

John Higgs
The Feast of the Goat cover
May

The Feast of the Goat

Mario Vargas Llosa
About Time (2013) cover
June

About Time (2013)

Directed by Richard Curtis (Film)
Why Liberalism Failed cover
July

Why Liberalism Failed

Patrick J. Deneen
Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005) cover
August

Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (2005)

Directed by Nacer Khemir (Film)
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World cover
September

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan
The Poverty of Historicism cover
October

The Poverty of Historicism

Karl Popper
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self cover
November

Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self

Andrea Wulf
Sunset Boulevard (1950) cover
December

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Directed by Billy Wilder (Film)
Mahmoud Rasmi

Mahmoud Rasmi

I hold a PhD in philosophy with over a decade of experience across academia and industry. I currently run an independent practice helping leaders develop strategies through ambiguity, and clarifying decisions involving competing values.

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