pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. In , filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today�s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer�s thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue�s posh boutiques. Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco�s Mission District questioning our culture�s fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West - perhaps America�s best-known public intellectual - compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, reveals philosophy�s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.

Starring:

Judith Butler, Michael Hardt, Martha Nussbaum, Kwame Anthony Appiah

Genre:

Documentary