UEA Philosophy Lectures

PHILOSOPHERS AND PUBLIC LIFE

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
School of Philosophy

Autumn 2008 series of Philosophy Public Lectures
sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy

Since Plato courted Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, and Aristotle found employment as tutor to Alexander, philosophers have been drawn into public life.

Speakers in the Autumn 2008 series of Public Lectures will be engaged with some critical meeting points between philosophy and the political issues of our time.  The environment, globalization, U.S. foreign policy, the rise of National Socialism.  Philosophers have confronted all these issues in recent years, and they will be the subjects addressed by the speakers in this year's series of Public Lectures.

All are welcome, philosophers and non-philosophers alike, to these exciting, provocative events.

Lectures will take place at UEA in Lecture Theatre 3, starting at 7pm.  Admission free.

(As tickets will not be issued it is advisable to arrive at least 20 minutes before the start. )

27 November 2008
Steve Scalet
“Philosophy and public life. Ever the twain shall meet.”

11 December 2008
Timothy O'Hagan
"Philosophy in a dark time: Martin Heidegger and the Third Reich"