MAPPING PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE
Kurt Borg

Kurt Borg

Kurt Borg is a Lecturer in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Malta. His research interests are in poststructuralist thought, contemporary continental philosophy and social theory. He completed a PhD in Philosophy & Humanities at Staffordshire University, with a thesis on the ethics and politics of narrating trauma in institutional contexts. He has published articles and book chapters on Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, the politics of trauma, narratives of illness and disability, public happiness, and the essay. He is particularly interested in the intersections between practices of the self, the conception of philosophy as a way of life, and essayism. Some of his current research revolves around Foucault’s work on writing practices of the self. He is also conducting research on what the idea of public happiness might mean in contemporary practices of politics and resistance; and the role of affect in politics. Kurt also writes creative nonfiction in the Maltese language, and a collection of his essays was published in 2024.

Email address: kurt.borg@um.edu.mt

Institutional webpage: www.um.edu.mt/profile/kurtborg