Oxford Seminar Explores Intellectuals & Domestic Service in 'The Door'
A thought-provoking seminar, 'Fiction and Other Minds', is set to delve into the relationship between intellectuals and domestic service providers, as portrayed in Magda Szabo's 'The Door'. Led by Szabo, Schutz, and Habermas, this Michaelmas Term 2025 event is part of the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation Programme.
The seminar, presented by the Oxford programme, centres around 'Literature and Lifeworlds'. It will analyse Szabo's novel, 'The Door', in the context of everyday life and the concept of the 'lifeworld'. Theories proposed by Schutz and Habermas on this topic will be discussed and explored. By examining 'The Door', the seminar aims to enrich and expand existing theories of everyday life.
The 'Fiction and Other Minds' seminar, led by prominent authors and thinkers, promises to shed new light on the relationship between intellectuals and domestic service providers. By exploring Magda Szabo's 'The Door' and theories of the lifeworld, the seminar seeks to deepen our understanding of everyday life.
