Amélie Doche

Exactly 4 years after I submitted my PhD thesis, I received my copies of the book. Thank you to everyone who has been with me in this magical journey ✨ Please consider ordering the book for your university library!🩷

Le mot "nonchalant" est le participe présent de "nonchaloir": non+chaloir! Or "chaloir" signifie "s'inquiéter de" (il vient du latin "calere", être chaud). On le retrouve dans des tournures vieillies type "peu me chaut" (voilà, je l'ai appris récemment donc vous aussi maintenant)

🥳 It is PUBLICATION DAY🥳 I hope to receive my copies of the book soon. Let me introduce #Chapter 5 of Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural, which is titled "Ritual Magic and Plath’s Poetic Spellcasting", which was probably my favourite chapter to write.

The greatest longevity hack is having one person you're very close to, who you trust fully, that tells you the truth even when it doesn't feel good.

I’m excited to launch the Digital Minds Fellowship (Aug 3–9, 2026, University of Cambridge). Digital minds/AI consciousness may become one of the most consequential issues of the future — and the world will need people prepared to navigate it. This is a fully funded, intensive programme for 15 exceptional participants working on the philosophical, empirical, and strategic challenges surrounding digital minds. Application deadline: March 27. More details below 👇

For those of us who are impressed by fast talkers and fast thinkers as a sign of intelligence, a story about the endearing slowness of Niels Bohr’s thinking.

La promo autour du livre de Gisèle Pélicot illustre toute l'ambigüité d'une certaine vision de la résilience (la victime qui n'est pas brisée par ce qu'elle a subi mais qui retrouve la joie, qui va même en sortie grandie parce que "ce qui ne me tue pas me rend plus forte")⬇️

You know it’s over when a man who was educated at one of the best private schools in the country, went to Oxford, became a barrister, took Silk at 42 and was DPP is “working class”. It’s idiot statements like this which make people distrust his judgment.

11 months after his release from the concentration camps, Viktor Frankl gave a set of lectures on moving beyond optimism and pessimism to find life's deepest source of meaning. They were lost for decades, never before published in English—and now they are: themarginalian.org/2026/02/06/yes…

@OwainBurrell These people 🥲

Incredible to praise the supposed social mobility of the selective grammar school and then assert you and your son are still working class - what was the point of sending him there then?!

Researchers have found that individuals who frequently signal their victimhood often possess high levels of narcissism. The study suggests that this "victim mindset" is rooted in emotional instability and a need for recognition. dlvr.it/TQZ3sV

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

L'autodérision: on dit souvent que c'est une manière d'assumer. Mais est-ce que ça ne serait pas l'inverse ? Une manière d'esquiver la critique ? L'autodérision, entre stratégie de dominés et arme de dominants, on en parle ici ! #laderniere @laRadioNova youtube.com/watch?v=Au0nb_…

My translation, from Hindi to English, of two poems by Savita Singh, published in @usawamag. Many thanks to Sonakshi Srivastava, translations editor at Usawa, and all the other editors. usawa.in/issue-14/two-p…

C'est une chance d'être lue... et bien lue! 🙏 (Source: Jean-Marie Durand, @lesinrocks Retour sur l'ironie comme parole critique mais aussi comme parole d'esquive. cc @Ed_LaDecouverte lesinrocks.com/societe/tes-se…

How do you teach #philosophy in #prison? Paul and Dan, founders of our Prisons education programme, spoke to The Big Smoke Variety Show #podcast, about sparking reflection and discovery where freedom of thought is most deeply desired. Listen here: buff.ly/fKoB1mz

New Cambridge Element, Colour Concepts from a Linguistic and Literary Perspective, by Kimberley Pager-­McClymont @kpager1, Suzanne McClure @Modernist_Lit and Amélie Doche @LaDoche, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/4q5dgDk #languageandlinguistics