Brian Treanor

Charles S Casassa Chair in Social Values and Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University

Brian Treanor is the Charles S Casassa Chair in Social Values and professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. His interdisciplinary writing takes up a wide range of topics, with foci in environmental philosophy, ethics and philosophy of religion. He is the author of multiple books, including Melancholic Joy: On Life Worth Living (2021).

Written by Brian Treanor

Black-and-white photo of a man walking past another dressed as a bishop on a cobblestone street at night.

DIFFICULT EMOTIONS

The ‘melancholic joy’ of living in our brutal, beautiful world

Beyond simple contentment or despair, there’s a ‘melancholic joy’ in looking, clear-eyed, at our brutal, beautiful world

by Brian Treanor