Philosophy Fall Colloquium

Thu, October 24th, 2024
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

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You are cordially invited to attend a lecture by guest speaker, Professor Susan Neiman, American philosopher and writer, she will present, “Left is Not Woke?” on Thursday, October 24th at 4:30 pm, Griffin 3.
Susan Neiman is Director of the Einstein Forum and the author of nine books.  She argues that being woke is fueled by traditionally leftwing emotions:  the wish to stand with the oppressed, to address historic crimes.  But the woke undermined those emotions by making widespread assumptions with reactionary sources.  As a result, woke conflicts with ideas that have guided the left for more than 200 years:  universalism, a firm distinction between justice and power, and belief in the possibility of progress.
The event is free and open to the public.

Event sponsored by the Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Phi Betta Kappa, the W. Ford Schumann ’50 Democratic Studies Program and Lecture Committee.

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