Richard Kearney is one of Ireland’s leading public intellectuals. The author of over 24 books on European philosophy and literature, he holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College. Richard has presented five series on culture and philosophy for Irish and British television and broadcast extensively on the European media. Currently the international director of the Guestbook Project--Hosting the Stranger: Between Hostility and Hospitality, his most recent, and most timely, book is called “Touch: Recovering our Most Vital Sense.”