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Poor Things
Alasdair Gray's 'Poor Things' presents a radical thought experiment: what if identity could be entirely self-created? This episode unpacks how Bella Baxter's journey challenges societal conditioning and redefines human autonomy.
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“Alasdair Gray's 'Poor Things' presents a radical thought experiment: what if identity could be entirely self-created? This episode unpacks how Bella Baxter's journey challenges societal conditioning and redefines human autonomy.”
— Alasdair Gray, Poor Things
identity, autonomy, self-creation
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of identity, autonomy, self-creation and better judgment in how they apply it.
Alasdair Gray brings a credible and useful lens to identity, autonomy, self-creation, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.