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'''Robert Rowland Smith''' is a British author and philosopher. His books include Derrida and Autobiography (Cambridge University Press,1995), Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life (Profile Books, 2009), and AutoBioPhilosophy: An Intimate Story of What it Means to be Human (4th  Estate, 2018). He is a regular speaker at public and private events, addressing a wide range of topics that includes philosophy, psychology, politics and art. Alongside his literary career, Smith works as a business adviser and practitioner of [[Family Constellations|Systemic Family Constellations]].
'''Robert Rowland Smith''' is a consultant, lecturer and writer on philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis. He was for seven years a Prize Fellow at [[All Souls College]], [[Oxford]] and has written for [[The Independent]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/robert-rowland-smith-if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands-2280689.html|title=Robert Rowland Smith: If you're happy, and you know it, clap your hands |date=8 May 2011|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref> and [[The Evening Standard]], been profiled in [[The Sunday Telegraph]], [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] and [[The Observer]], and contributed to books on philosophy for children. As well as broadcasting for [[BBC Radio]] and television, he has contributed to the ''Philosophy Bite''s podcast series and currently has a column on everyday dilemmas in the [[Sunday Times]] Magazine.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Smith was born on 21 January 1965. From 1975 to 1983 he attended Dulwich College in south London. He read English Language and Literature at Mansfield College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar, graduating in 1988 with a top First. From 1988-1990 Smith was a doctoral student at Wolfson College, Oxford, specialising in the work of French philosopher Jacques Derrida. In 1990 he was elected to a Fellowship by Examination (‘Prize Fellowship’) at All Souls College, Oxford. He was awarded a D.Phil. in 1991. While a Fellow of All Souls, Smith also held lectureships at both Mansfield College, Oxford and Hertford College, Oxford, and was a member of the English Faculty, lecturing on literary theory, modern poetry and Shakespeare.
Robert Rowland Smith has published on philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis, including ''Derrida and Autobiography'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). His book, ''Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life'', has appeared in translation around the world.
Smith has taught in the [[UK]], [[France]], [[Norway]], and [[California]]; he was invited by the [[British Council]] to undertake a European lecture tour, and was closely involved with the Oxford Amnesty Lectures. He has spoken at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]], the [[Hayward Gallery]], the [[French Institute]], [[The Royal Society of Arts]] and the [[London School of Economics]].


Smith left Oxford in 1998 to pursue a career in management consultancy, becoming a partner in a London-based firm in 2004. In 2009, Smith set up a company of his own in order to operate independently. He continues to be a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Smith is a faculty member at The School of Life, where he runs a breakfast Club, teaches courses on Love and Family and practices constellations. He is a founding editor of the award-winning journal, [[Angelaki]], to which he has contributed articles and sits both on the editorial board and that of its associated book series, Angelaki Humanities.


Smith sits on the board of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and of the Institute of Art and Ideas. He is a founding faculty member of The School of Life, and from 2013-2015 was a faculty member of the London Graduate School based at Kingston University. In 2017 he stepped down from the editorial board of Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, an academic publication that he helped to found in 1993.
In conjunction with his literary ventures, Smith is also an independent management consultant. He specializes on issues of strategy and change with boards and senior teams as well as coaching chief executives. His clients have included the [[Foreign Office]], [[English Heritage]], [[Pearson PLC|Pearson]] and [[Barclays Bank]]. His book ''The Reality Test'', drawn from his extensive experience as a consultant on business strategy, was published in 2013.


== Literary Career ==
Having lived for many years in [[Oxford]], [[France]] and [[Los Angeles]], Robert has returned to his native [[London]]. He has three daughters.

=== Books ===
Robert Rowland Smith is the author of seven books. Three of these are academic. Derrida and Autobiography (Cambridge University Press, 1995), was based on Smith’s doctoral thesis, and won a Choice award for ‘Outstanding Academic Title’<ref>{{Cite web|url=www.ala.org/acrl/choice/outstanding|title=Outstanding Academic Title|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art (Edinburgh University Press, 2010) is an examination of Freud’s metapsychological works in relation to other theorists of death including Heidegger, Durkheim and Pascal. On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism (Continuum, 2012) also won a Choice award for ‘Outstanding Academic Title’. The first part of the book examines theories of poetry; the second part is made up of close textual analysis of certain nineteenth and twentieth century poems.

Smith has written two works of popular philosophy: Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life (Profile Books, 2009) and Driving with Plato: the Meaning of Life’s Milestones (Profile Books, 2011). The former has been translated into twenty languages. The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy? (Profile Books, 2014) draws on Smith’s experience as a business adviser. It poses and seeks to answer forty-eight questions relating to business vision, market strategy, organisational performance and leadership.

Smith’s most recent book is AutoBioPhilosophy: An Intimate Story of What it Means to be Human (4th Estate, 2018). The book combines the genres of autobiography and philosophy in order to explore themes such as fate, love, spirituality, death, friendship and creativity.

In addition, Smith wrote the text for the ‘Artist Book’ by Israeli photographer Ori Gersht, entitled Gersht’s Ghosts (Photoworks, 2012<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gersht’s Ghosts, The ‘Artist Book’|last=Ori|first=Gersht|publisher=Photoworks|others=Text by Robert Rowland Smith|year=2012|isbn=9781903796474|location=|pages=}}</ref>). He also contributed a foreword to the 2015 design publication, Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern (Octopus, 2015<ref>{{Cite book|title=Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern|last=Patternity|first=|publisher=Octopus|others=Foreword written by Robert Rowland Smith|year=2015|isbn=9781840916942|location=|pages=}}</ref>).

=== Journalism ===
From 2009 to 2012, Robert wrote the ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ column in the The Sunday Times Magazine<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/is-it-better-to-leave-or-be-left-90pt6xnf7j3|title=Is it better to leave or be left?|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=26 May 2013|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>, that examined moral dilemmas. He recorded a weekly video blog for the online version of the same publication, looking at current affairs through the lens of philosophy. He has written articles for numerous other publications including Intelligent Life<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/robert-rowland-smith-if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hands-2280689.html|title=If you're happy, and you know it, clap your hands"|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=8 May 2011|work=The Independent|access-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>, The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/14/work-sick-10-ways-better|title=Is work making you sick? Here are 10 ways to feel better|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=14 September 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>, The Observer The New Scientist<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427391-400-beware-humans-bearing-gifts/|title=Beware humans bearing gifts|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=16 December 2009|work=The New Scientist|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>, Psychologies<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.psychologies.co.uk/self/why-do-we-want-more-than-we-need.html|title=Why do we want more than what we need?|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=5 August 2010|work=Psychologies|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> and Photoworks<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=30 October 2013|title=The Real Thing|url=https://photoworks.org.uk/real-thing/|journal=Photoworks|volume=Spring/Summer 2012|pages=74-75|via=}}</ref>. He contributed articles to the first three editions of The Alpine Review published in Toronto by Louis-Jacques Darveau. He has also been profiled in [[The Sunday Telegraph]] and [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=www.timeoutdubai.com/knowledge/features/12799-robert-rowland-smith|title=Robert Rowland Smith|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=18 January 2010|work=Time Out Dubai|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>.

=== Radio, Television and Film ===
Smith has broadcast talks across several platforms. These include a verbal essay entitled ‘Beyond the Age of Ideas’ to Four Thought for BBC Radio 4<ref>{{Cite news|url=www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0643t65|title=The end of the age of ideas|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=5 August 2015|work=BBC Radio Four, Four Thought|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>; a podcast on ‘Derrida and forgiveness’ for the Philosophy Bites series<ref>{{Cite news|url=philosophybites.com/2008/06/robert-roland-s.html|title=Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=22 June 2008|work=Philosophy Bites|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>; several videos for the Institute of Art and Ideas, filmed at the How The Light Gets in Festival<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iai.tv/video/the-architecture-of-being|title=Robert Rowland Smith: The Architecture of Being,|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|website=HowTheLightGetsIn IAI’s annual festival|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>; several videos for The School of Life, including ‘in conversation’ events with Stephen Pinker<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD3UiG49Q4w|title=Steven Pinker on Violence|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=16 January 2013|website=The School of Life|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and Jared Diamond<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwB8-keSUI|title=Jared Diamon on Traditional Societies|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=13 December 2013|website=The School of Life|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>; a series of interviews with entrepreneurs in different fields, entitled ‘Innovators on Innovation’<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2011/06/innovators-on-innovation-judith-hemming/|title=Innovators on Innovation – Judith Hemming|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=24 June 2011|website=Backdoor Broadcasting Company|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>; and videos for the Royal Society of Arts (‘Beyond Ideas’<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQILTtDUos&feature=youtu.be|title=Beyond Belief: Taking Spirituality Seriously|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=16 October 2013|website=The RSA|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> and Carl Jung - Legacy and Influence<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBwx3wlHAs0&feature=youtu.be|title=Carl Jung - Legacy and Influence|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=7 July 2011|website=The RSA|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>). Other BBC Radio and TV programmes on which Smith has appeared include Night Waves<ref>The Night Wave, 11 November 2008, 12 October 2009, 27 January 2010</ref>, The Human Zoo<ref>The Human Zoo, Episode 2, Series 1, 9 March 2015</ref>, The Review Show<ref>The Review Show, 21 May, 2010</ref> and Today<ref>Today, 26 January 2018</ref>.

Smith has appeared in two films by the independent production company, Heraclitus Pictures. These are ‘Do Not Read This’ (directed by Joanna Callaghan, HDV, 29 minutes, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraclitus.org.uk/2014/02/10/do-not-read-this/|title=Do Not Read This|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=2012|website=Heraclitus Pictures|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>), in which he plays the part of a publisher; and ‘Love in the Post’<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraclitus.org.uk/2014/02/10/loveinthepost/|title=Love in the Post|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=2014|website=Heraclitus Pictures|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> (directed by Joanna Callaghan, HDV, 75′, 2014), in which he plays a university professor.

=== Public Speaking ===
Smith has spoken to audiences in the [[UK]], [[France]], [[Norway]], USA, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and El Salvador on subjects including love, enlightenment, the self and innovation. In 1992 he was invited by the [[British Council]] to undertake a lecture tour in Romania, and in the 1990s was closely involved with the Oxford Amnesty Lectures that brought leading thinkers to Oxford.

Other fora to which Smith has contributed include: [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] (on Derrida), Hayward Gallery (on concepts of light), the [[London School of Economics]] (on the meaning of life), the British Library (on theories of knowledge), the Petrie Museum (on concepts of time), Off Grid (on not knowing) and the Aye Write Festival (on the philosophy of everyday life).

With the philosopher [[Mark Vernon]], Smith  performs a ‘Philosophy Slam’, an improvised ideas format. The pair appear regularly at the Wilderness Festival and other venues, and have featured twice at the Camden Comedy Club at the Camden Head in London<ref>Camden Comedy Club at the Camden Head, London, 30 March 2016, 4 December 2016</ref> in support of comedian [[Pippa Evans]].

=== '''Appearance in works by others''' ===
Robert Rowland Smith is the subject of an abstract sculpture by Dutch-Monegasque artist, [[Adeline de Monseignat]], entitled ‘Robert’ (2013, Blown glass, mirroring, chemicals, fabric, name-tag, chair, 50 x 70 x 114 cm).

Smith is one of the walking companions featured in ‘A London Safari’<ref>{{Cite book|title=A London Safari|last=Rouse|first=Rose|publisher=Amberley Publishing|year=2014|isbn=139781445644509|location=|pages=}}</ref> by Rose Rouse. He appears in [[Monique Roffey]]’s memoir, With the Kisses of his Mouth<ref>{{Cite book|title=With the Kisses of his Mouth|last=Roffey|first=Monique|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2012|isbn=10 1847398723, 13 9781847398727|location=UK|pages=}}</ref> and in the novel by [[Nicholas Royle]] entitled An English Guide to Birdwatching<ref>{{Cite book|title=An English Guide to Birdwatching|last=Royle|first=Nicholas|publisher=Myriad Editions|year=2017|isbn=101908434945, 139781908434944|location=|pages=}}</ref>.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human, Paperback, 4th Estate, 2018<ref>{{Cite book|url=www.4thestate.co.uk/book/confessions/|title=AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|publisher=4th Estate|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

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* Breakfast With Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day, Hardback, London: Profile Books, 2009, ISBN-9781846682377 [2]<ref>{{Cite news|url=www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Breakfast-With-Socrates-by-Robert-1419553.php|title=Book Review: Breakfast With Socrates|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=10 June 2011|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|access-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>

* Derrida and Autobiography, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN-0521460050 (ISBN13-9780521460057)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Derrida-Autobiography-Literature-Culture-Theory/dp/0521465818|title=Derrida and Autobiography|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|year=2008|website=Amazon|publisher=Cambridge University Press|format=Paperback|publication-date=12 January 2008|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

* Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art, Edinburgh University Press, 2010, ISBN-0748640398 (ISBN13-9780748640393)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-drive-Freudian-Hauntings-Literature-Frontiers/dp/0748640398/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380781763&sr=1-7|title=Death-drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|website=Amazon|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|format=Hardcover|publication-date=19 May 2010|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

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* Driving with Plato: The Meaning of Life’s Milestones, Profile, 2011, ISBN-184668305X (ISBN13-9781846683053)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1351170/Not-sure-step-Then-let-Plato-guide-DRIVING-WITH-PLATO-BY-ROBERT-ROWLAND-SMITH.html|title=Not sure of the next step? Then let Plato be your guide|last=Berkmann|first=Marcus|date=24 February 2011|work=The Daily Mail|access-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>

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* The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy?, Profile, 2013, ISBN-1847659187 (ISBN13 9781847659187)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/book-review-the-reality-test-1.1486178|title=Book Review: The Reality Test|last=Dillon|first=Frank|date=12 August 2013|work=Irish Times|access-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>

* On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism, Continuum, 2012, ISBN-1441149767 (ISBN13-9781441149763)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/on-modern-poetry-9781441174222/|title=On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2012|isbn=|location=|publication-date=13 September 2012|pages=|format=Paperback}}</ref>

* Gersht’s Ghosts, The ‘Artist Book’ by Ori Gersht, text by Robert Rowland Smith, Photoworks, 2012, ISBN-9781903796474

* Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern, Foreword written by Robert Rowland Smith, Octopus, 2015, ISBN-9781840916942

== Critical Acclaim ==

=== '''Breakfast with Socrates''' ===
<blockquote>`Philosophy made accessible and applied to the quotidian...manages to be funny without underestimating the reader.’ - Review by Emmanuelle Smith for ''The Financial Times'', October 26 2009<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0b6add34-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a|title=Breakfast with Socrates review|last=Smith|first=Emmanuelle|date=26 October 2009|work=The Financial Times|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>‘I am often asked to recommend a good introduction to philosophy - now I've discovered one. There are plenty of books but mostly they're either the 'wrong kind' of philosophy or they are terribly written. Smith's work is witty, inventive and intelligent - Carl Schmitt on arguing with your partner, Jacques Derrida on booking a holiday - and brilliantly shows how grounded High Theory really is.’ - ''Times  Higher Education Supplement''</blockquote><blockquote>‘...a very thoughtful and continuously entertaining picture of human behavior. Smith adequately and expertly matches the right classical mind or system of thought with each chapter subject without making it seem like a stretch. Rooted deeply in philosophy and psychology, the book is never too complex or confusing that anyone with a normal level of reading comprehension would have a problem with.’ - Review by Curtis Silver for wired.com, 3rd December 2010<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/03/enjoy-some-mental-syrup-in-breakfast-with-socrates/|title=Enjoy some mental syrup in Breakfast with Socrates|last=Silver|first=Curtis|date=3 December 2010|work=Wired.com|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref></blockquote>

=== '''Driving with Plato''' ===
<blockquote>‘If we could see the wilder reaches of philosophy applied to real life, what then? Robert Rowland Smith has not only asked this question but answered it in this fascinating and deeply impressive book.’ - Review by Marcus Berkmann for the Mail Online, ''Daily Mail'', 24 February 2014<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1351170/Not-sure-step-Then-let-Plato-guide-DRIVING-WITH-PLATO-BY-ROBERT-ROWLAND-SMITH.html|title=Not sure of the next step? Then let Plato be your guide|last=Berkmann|first=Marcus|date=24 February 2011|work=The Daily Mail|access-date=14 September 2011|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>‘A friendly guide to "the meaning of life's milestones" from birth, to learning to walk, starting school and on to passing your driving test, marrying and having a mid-life crisis, retiring and dying.’ - Review by Lindesay Irvine for ''The Guardian'', 19th February 2011<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/19/driving-with-plato-robert-rowland-smith-review|title=Driving with Plato by Robert Rowland Smith - Review|last=Irvine|first=Lindesay|date=19 February 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref></blockquote>

=== '''On Modern Poetry''' ===
<blockquote>‘On Modern Poetry dazzles and illuminates, as does poetry itself. The book is an exciting intervention in poetic criticism, and the zest with which the book apprehends as well as comprehends its material will ensure that all kinds of readers interested in poetry will be enthused to think more carefully about its idioms, strange logics, and its genres. In bringing together intuitive and intellectual attention without simply pre-empting the distinction or its affects, the book achieves what it sets out to do.’ - Dr Anthony Mellors, Reader in Poetry and Poetics, Birmingham City University, UK<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/on-modern-poetry-9781441148520/|title=On Modern Poetry, From Theory to Total Criticism|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|website=|publisher=Bloomsbury|format=Paperback|publication-date=13 September 2012|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>‘Smith's writing moves with an ease and elegance that can belie the, sometimes breath-taking, flair, reach and focus of his readings… it has much to recommend it to a wide audience, from general readers, to students, to specialists.’ - Dr Clare Connors, University of East Anglia, UK<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>

=== '''Death-Drive''' ===
<blockquote>'This is a rich and fascinating work. Smith provides a lucid, probing and astute overview of the death drive in Freud, but also leads the reader into strange and compelling new terrain, exploring the notion that works of art have 'an unconscious of their own'. This is an important new contribution to a topic that remains controversial in psychoanalysis and culture more generally.’ - Nicholas Royle, University of Sussex<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-drive-Freudian-Hauntings-Literature-Frontiers/dp/0748640398|title=Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|website=Amazon|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|publication-date=2010|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> </blockquote><blockquote>'The death-drive has haunted psychoanalytic theory since its first appearance in Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Rowland Smith brings new life to this grim hypothesis, tracing the rhetorical adventures of the death-drive through Freud's works and those of his defenders and adversaries. Sinuously argued and vividly expressed, Death-Drive will appeal both to beginners and to seasoned readers of psychoanalysis and literature. Rarely has death been discussed with such vitality.’ - Maud Ellmann, Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>


=== '''The Reality Test''' ===
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*''Breakfast With Socrates''. Hardback. London: Profile Books, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-84668-237-7}}. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Breakfast-With-Socrates-by-Robert-1419553.php|title=Book Review: Breakfast With Socrates by Robert Rowland Smith|date=June 10, 2011|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref>
<blockquote>'By approaching the perennial problems of business through a highly original set of emotionally-charged questions, Smith brings an extraordinary array of insights to the challenges of management and leadership. Brilliant - a tour de force.’ - Jules Goddard, author of Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reality-Test-Still-relying-strategy/dp/1781250790|title=The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy?, Profile, 2013,|last=Rowland Smith|first=Robert|date=|year=2013|website=Amazon|publisher=Profile Books|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref></blockquote><blockquote>‘Practical, wise and very much based in reality, this book will make anyone running a business a more shrewd, and probably a more successful, leader.’ - Andrew Cahn, former CEO of UK Trade and Investment<ref name=":3" /></blockquote><blockquote>‘I regard Robert Rowland Smith as simply the most intelligent person I know. After reading this book you will understand why.’ - Guy Fraser-Sampson, Senior Fellow, Cass Business School<ref name=":3" /></blockquote><blockquote>‘'The Reality Test’ cuts through turgid corporate "leadership speak" to get the heart of the matter - it should be required reading for any aspiring leader. If 'Fred the Shred' of HBOS had taken the Reality Test, perhaps we wouldn't be living through the biggest recession since the 1930s.’ - Lord Victor O. Adebowale CBE, CEO of Turning Point<ref name=":3" /></blockquote><blockquote>‘Robert Rowland Smith asks the practical questions that really matter to business leaders - this book will do more than make you think, it will make you do something.’ - Matt Kingdon, co-founder of ?What If! and author of ‘The Science of Serendipity’<ref name=":3" /></blockquote><blockquote>‘Intriguing…thought-provoking.’ - Frank Dillon ''Irish Times''<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
*''Derrida and Autobiography'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
*''Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art'' (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
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*''Driving with Plato'' (Profile, 2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1351170/Not-sure-step-Then-let-Plato-guide-DRIVING-WITH-PLATO-BY-ROBERT-ROWLAND-SMITH.html|title=Not sure of the next step? Then let Plato be your guide|last=Berkmann|first=Marcus|date=24 February 2011|work=[[Mail Online]]|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref>
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*''The Reality Test'' (Profile, 2013) <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/book-review-the-reality-test-1.1486178|title=Book Review: The Reality Test|date=August 12, 2013|work=[[Irish Times]]|accessdate=14 October 2013}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.robertrowlandsmith.com/RRS/bio.html Official website: bio]
*[http://www.robertrowlandsmith.com/ Robert Rowland Smith]
*[http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2011/06/innovators-on-innovation-judith-hemming Backdoor Broadcasting Company]
*[http://inkwellmanagement.com/client/robert-rowland-smith Ink Well Management]


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Robert Rowland Smith at Somerset House 2015

Robert Rowland Smith is a British author and philosopher. His books include Derrida and Autobiography (Cambridge University Press,1995), Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life (Profile Books, 2009), and AutoBioPhilosophy: An Intimate Story of What it Means to be Human (4th  Estate, 2018). He is a regular speaker at public and private events, addressing a wide range of topics that includes philosophy, psychology, politics and art. Alongside his literary career, Smith works as a business adviser and practitioner of Systemic Family Constellations.

Biography

Smith was born on 21 January 1965. From 1975 to 1983 he attended Dulwich College in south London. He read English Language and Literature at Mansfield College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar, graduating in 1988 with a top First. From 1988-1990 Smith was a doctoral student at Wolfson College, Oxford, specialising in the work of French philosopher Jacques Derrida. In 1990 he was elected to a Fellowship by Examination (‘Prize Fellowship’) at All Souls College, Oxford. He was awarded a D.Phil. in 1991. While a Fellow of All Souls, Smith also held lectureships at both Mansfield College, Oxford and Hertford College, Oxford, and was a member of the English Faculty, lecturing on literary theory, modern poetry and Shakespeare.

Smith left Oxford in 1998 to pursue a career in management consultancy, becoming a partner in a London-based firm in 2004. In 2009, Smith set up a company of his own in order to operate independently. He continues to be a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Smith sits on the board of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and of the Institute of Art and Ideas. He is a founding faculty member of The School of Life, and from 2013-2015 was a faculty member of the London Graduate School based at Kingston University. In 2017 he stepped down from the editorial board of Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities, an academic publication that he helped to found in 1993.

Literary Career

Books

Robert Rowland Smith is the author of seven books. Three of these are academic. Derrida and Autobiography (Cambridge University Press, 1995), was based on Smith’s doctoral thesis, and won a Choice award for ‘Outstanding Academic Title’[1]. Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art (Edinburgh University Press, 2010) is an examination of Freud’s metapsychological works in relation to other theorists of death including Heidegger, Durkheim and Pascal. On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism (Continuum, 2012) also won a Choice award for ‘Outstanding Academic Title’. The first part of the book examines theories of poetry; the second part is made up of close textual analysis of certain nineteenth and twentieth century poems.

Smith has written two works of popular philosophy: Breakfast with Socrates: The Philosophy of Everyday Life (Profile Books, 2009) and Driving with Plato: the Meaning of Life’s Milestones (Profile Books, 2011). The former has been translated into twenty languages. The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy? (Profile Books, 2014) draws on Smith’s experience as a business adviser. It poses and seeks to answer forty-eight questions relating to business vision, market strategy, organisational performance and leadership.

Smith’s most recent book is AutoBioPhilosophy: An Intimate Story of What it Means to be Human (4th Estate, 2018). The book combines the genres of autobiography and philosophy in order to explore themes such as fate, love, spirituality, death, friendship and creativity.

In addition, Smith wrote the text for the ‘Artist Book’ by Israeli photographer Ori Gersht, entitled Gersht’s Ghosts (Photoworks, 2012[2]). He also contributed a foreword to the 2015 design publication, Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern (Octopus, 2015[3]).

Journalism

From 2009 to 2012, Robert wrote the ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ column in the The Sunday Times Magazine[4], that examined moral dilemmas. He recorded a weekly video blog for the online version of the same publication, looking at current affairs through the lens of philosophy. He has written articles for numerous other publications including Intelligent Life[5], The Independent on Sunday, The Guardian[6], The Observer The New Scientist[7], Psychologies[8] and Photoworks[9]. He contributed articles to the first three editions of The Alpine Review published in Toronto by Louis-Jacques Darveau. He has also been profiled in The Sunday Telegraph and Time Out[10].

Radio, Television and Film

Smith has broadcast talks across several platforms. These include a verbal essay entitled ‘Beyond the Age of Ideas’ to Four Thought for BBC Radio 4[11]; a podcast on ‘Derrida and forgiveness’ for the Philosophy Bites series[12]; several videos for the Institute of Art and Ideas, filmed at the How The Light Gets in Festival[13]; several videos for The School of Life, including ‘in conversation’ events with Stephen Pinker[14] and Jared Diamond[15]; a series of interviews with entrepreneurs in different fields, entitled ‘Innovators on Innovation’[16]; and videos for the Royal Society of Arts (‘Beyond Ideas’[17] and Carl Jung - Legacy and Influence[18]). Other BBC Radio and TV programmes on which Smith has appeared include Night Waves[19], The Human Zoo[20], The Review Show[21] and Today[22].

Smith has appeared in two films by the independent production company, Heraclitus Pictures. These are ‘Do Not Read This’ (directed by Joanna Callaghan, HDV, 29 minutes, 2012[23]), in which he plays the part of a publisher; and ‘Love in the Post’[24] (directed by Joanna Callaghan, HDV, 75′, 2014), in which he plays a university professor.

Public Speaking

Smith has spoken to audiences in the UK, France, Norway, USA, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and El Salvador on subjects including love, enlightenment, the self and innovation. In 1992 he was invited by the British Council to undertake a lecture tour in Romania, and in the 1990s was closely involved with the Oxford Amnesty Lectures that brought leading thinkers to Oxford.

Other fora to which Smith has contributed include: Institute of Contemporary Arts (on Derrida), Hayward Gallery (on concepts of light), the London School of Economics (on the meaning of life), the British Library (on theories of knowledge), the Petrie Museum (on concepts of time), Off Grid (on not knowing) and the Aye Write Festival (on the philosophy of everyday life).

With the philosopher Mark Vernon, Smith  performs a ‘Philosophy Slam’, an improvised ideas format. The pair appear regularly at the Wilderness Festival and other venues, and have featured twice at the Camden Comedy Club at the Camden Head in London[25] in support of comedian Pippa Evans.

Appearance in works by others

Robert Rowland Smith is the subject of an abstract sculpture by Dutch-Monegasque artist, Adeline de Monseignat, entitled ‘Robert’ (2013, Blown glass, mirroring, chemicals, fabric, name-tag, chair, 50 x 70 x 114 cm).

Smith is one of the walking companions featured in ‘A London Safari’[26] by Rose Rouse. He appears in Monique Roffey’s memoir, With the Kisses of his Mouth[27] and in the novel by Nicholas Royle entitled An English Guide to Birdwatching[28].

Bibliography

  • AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human, Paperback, 4th Estate, 2018[29]
  • Breakfast With Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day, Hardback, London: Profile Books, 2009, ISBN-9781846682377 [2][30]
  • Derrida and Autobiography, Cambridge University Press, 1995, ISBN-0521460050 (ISBN13-9780521460057)[31]
  • Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art, Edinburgh University Press, 2010, ISBN-0748640398 (ISBN13-9780748640393)[32]
  • Driving with Plato: The Meaning of Life’s Milestones, Profile, 2011, ISBN-184668305X (ISBN13-9781846683053)[33]
  • The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy?, Profile, 2013, ISBN-1847659187 (ISBN13 9781847659187)[34]
  • On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism, Continuum, 2012, ISBN-1441149767 (ISBN13-9781441149763)[35]
  • Gersht’s Ghosts, The ‘Artist Book’ by Ori Gersht, text by Robert Rowland Smith, Photoworks, 2012, ISBN-9781903796474
  • Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern, Foreword written by Robert Rowland Smith, Octopus, 2015, ISBN-9781840916942

Critical Acclaim

Breakfast with Socrates

`Philosophy made accessible and applied to the quotidian...manages to be funny without underestimating the reader.’ - Review by Emmanuelle Smith for The Financial Times, October 26 2009[36]

‘I am often asked to recommend a good introduction to philosophy - now I've discovered one. There are plenty of books but mostly they're either the 'wrong kind' of philosophy or they are terribly written. Smith's work is witty, inventive and intelligent - Carl Schmitt on arguing with your partner, Jacques Derrida on booking a holiday - and brilliantly shows how grounded High Theory really is.’ - Times  Higher Education Supplement

‘...a very thoughtful and continuously entertaining picture of human behavior. Smith adequately and expertly matches the right classical mind or system of thought with each chapter subject without making it seem like a stretch. Rooted deeply in philosophy and psychology, the book is never too complex or confusing that anyone with a normal level of reading comprehension would have a problem with.’ - Review by Curtis Silver for wired.com, 3rd December 2010[37]

Driving with Plato

‘If we could see the wilder reaches of philosophy applied to real life, what then? Robert Rowland Smith has not only asked this question but answered it in this fascinating and deeply impressive book.’ - Review by Marcus Berkmann for the Mail Online, Daily Mail, 24 February 2014[38]

‘A friendly guide to "the meaning of life's milestones" from birth, to learning to walk, starting school and on to passing your driving test, marrying and having a mid-life crisis, retiring and dying.’ - Review by Lindesay Irvine for The Guardian, 19th February 2011[39]

On Modern Poetry

‘On Modern Poetry dazzles and illuminates, as does poetry itself. The book is an exciting intervention in poetic criticism, and the zest with which the book apprehends as well as comprehends its material will ensure that all kinds of readers interested in poetry will be enthused to think more carefully about its idioms, strange logics, and its genres. In bringing together intuitive and intellectual attention without simply pre-empting the distinction or its affects, the book achieves what it sets out to do.’ - Dr Anthony Mellors, Reader in Poetry and Poetics, Birmingham City University, UK[40]

‘Smith's writing moves with an ease and elegance that can belie the, sometimes breath-taking, flair, reach and focus of his readings… it has much to recommend it to a wide audience, from general readers, to students, to specialists.’ - Dr Clare Connors, University of East Anglia, UK[40]

Death-Drive

'This is a rich and fascinating work. Smith provides a lucid, probing and astute overview of the death drive in Freud, but also leads the reader into strange and compelling new terrain, exploring the notion that works of art have 'an unconscious of their own'. This is an important new contribution to a topic that remains controversial in psychoanalysis and culture more generally.’ - Nicholas Royle, University of Sussex[41]

'The death-drive has haunted psychoanalytic theory since its first appearance in Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Rowland Smith brings new life to this grim hypothesis, tracing the rhetorical adventures of the death-drive through Freud's works and those of his defenders and adversaries. Sinuously argued and vividly expressed, Death-Drive will appeal both to beginners and to seasoned readers of psychoanalysis and literature. Rarely has death been discussed with such vitality.’ - Maud Ellmann, Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame[41]

The Reality Test

'By approaching the perennial problems of business through a highly original set of emotionally-charged questions, Smith brings an extraordinary array of insights to the challenges of management and leadership. Brilliant - a tour de force.’ - Jules Goddard, author of Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense[42]

‘Practical, wise and very much based in reality, this book will make anyone running a business a more shrewd, and probably a more successful, leader.’ - Andrew Cahn, former CEO of UK Trade and Investment[42]

‘I regard Robert Rowland Smith as simply the most intelligent person I know. After reading this book you will understand why.’ - Guy Fraser-Sampson, Senior Fellow, Cass Business School[42]

‘'The Reality Test’ cuts through turgid corporate "leadership speak" to get the heart of the matter - it should be required reading for any aspiring leader. If 'Fred the Shred' of HBOS had taken the Reality Test, perhaps we wouldn't be living through the biggest recession since the 1930s.’ - Lord Victor O. Adebowale CBE, CEO of Turning Point[42]

‘Robert Rowland Smith asks the practical questions that really matter to business leaders - this book will do more than make you think, it will make you do something.’ - Matt Kingdon, co-founder of ?What If! and author of ‘The Science of Serendipity’[42]

‘Intriguing…thought-provoking.’ - Frank Dillon Irish Times[34]

References

  1. ^ [www.ala.org/acrl/choice/outstanding "Outstanding Academic Title"]. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ Ori, Gersht (2012). Gersht’s Ghosts, The ‘Artist Book’. Text by Robert Rowland Smith. Photoworks. ISBN 9781903796474.
  3. ^ Patternity (2015). Patternity: A New Way of Seeing: The Inspirational Power of Pattern. Foreword written by Robert Rowland Smith. Octopus. ISBN 9781840916942.
  4. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (26 May 2013). "Is it better to leave or be left?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 January 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (8 May 2011). "If you're happy, and you know it, clap your hands"". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2011. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (14 September 2015). "Is work making you sick? Here are 10 ways to feel better". The Guardian. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (16 December 2009). "Beware humans bearing gifts". The New Scientist. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (5 August 2010). "Why do we want more than what we need?". Psychologies. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (30 October 2013). "The Real Thing". Photoworks. Spring/Summer 2012: 74–75.
  10. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (18 January 2010). [www.timeoutdubai.com/knowledge/features/12799-robert-rowland-smith "Robert Rowland Smith"]. Time Out Dubai. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (5 August 2015). [www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0643t65 "The end of the age of ideas"]. BBC Radio Four, Four Thought. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (22 June 2008). [philosophybites.com/2008/06/robert-roland-s.html "Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness"]. Philosophy Bites. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert. "Robert Rowland Smith: The Architecture of Being,". HowTheLightGetsIn IAI’s annual festival. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (16 January 2013). "Steven Pinker on Violence". The School of Life. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (13 December 2013). "Jared Diamon on Traditional Societies". The School of Life. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (24 June 2011). "Innovators on Innovation – Judith Hemming". Backdoor Broadcasting Company. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (16 October 2013). "Beyond Belief: Taking Spirituality Seriously". The RSA. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  18. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (7 July 2011). "Carl Jung - Legacy and Influence". The RSA. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  19. ^ The Night Wave, 11 November 2008, 12 October 2009, 27 January 2010
  20. ^ The Human Zoo, Episode 2, Series 1, 9 March 2015
  21. ^ The Review Show, 21 May, 2010
  22. ^ Today, 26 January 2018
  23. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (2012). "Do Not Read This". Heraclitus Pictures. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  24. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (2014). "Love in the Post". Heraclitus Pictures. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  25. ^ Camden Comedy Club at the Camden Head, London, 30 March 2016, 4 December 2016
  26. ^ Rouse, Rose (2014). A London Safari. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 139781445644509. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
  27. ^ Roffey, Monique (2012). With the Kisses of his Mouth. UK: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 10 1847398723, 13 9781847398727. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); no-break space character in |isbn= at position 3 (help)
  28. ^ Royle, Nicholas (2017). An English Guide to Birdwatching. Myriad Editions. ISBN 101908434945, 139781908434944. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
  29. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert. [www.4thestate.co.uk/book/confessions/ AutoBioPhilosophy: An intimate story of what it means to be human]. 4th Estate. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
  30. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (10 June 2011). [www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Breakfast-With-Socrates-by-Robert-1419553.php "Book Review: Breakfast With Socrates"]. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 14 September 2011. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); no-break space character in |access-date= at position 13 (help)
  31. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (2008). "Derrida and Autobiography" (Paperback). Amazon. Cambridge University Press (published 12 January 2008). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  32. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (19 May 2010). "Death-drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art" (Hardcover). Amazon. Edinburgh University Press. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  33. ^ Berkmann, Marcus (24 February 2011). "Not sure of the next step? Then let Plato be your guide". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 September 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); no-break space character in |access-date= at position 13 (help)
  34. ^ a b Dillon, Frank (12 August 2013). "Book Review: The Reality Test". Irish Times. Retrieved 14 October 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); no-break space character in |access-date= at position 11 (help)
  35. ^ Rowland Smith, Robert (2012). On Modern Poetry: From Theory to Total Criticism (Paperback). Bloomsbury (published 13 September 2012).
  36. ^ Smith, Emmanuelle (26 October 2009). "Breakfast with Socrates review". The Financial Times. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  37. ^ Silver, Curtis (3 December 2010). "Enjoy some mental syrup in Breakfast with Socrates". Wired.com. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  38. ^ Berkmann, Marcus (24 February 2011). "Not sure of the next step? Then let Plato be your guide". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 14 September 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help); no-break space character in |access-date= at position 13 (help)
  39. ^ Irvine, Lindesay (19 February 2011). "Driving with Plato by Robert Rowland Smith - Review". The Guardian. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  40. ^ a b Rowland Smith, Robert (13 September 2012). "On Modern Poetry, From Theory to Total Criticism" (Paperback). Bloomsbury. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  41. ^ a b Rowland Smith, Robert (2010). "Death-Drive: Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art". Amazon. Edinburgh University Press. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  42. ^ a b c d e Rowland Smith, Robert (2013). "The Reality Test: Still Relying on Strategy?, Profile, 2013,". Amazon. Profile Books. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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