Presidential Lecture Series 2007-2008
Jonathan Lear
John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor
Committee on Social Thought
The University of Chicago
Henry Bugbee Annual Lecture in Philosophy in conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences
"Dignity, Integrity, and Courage in the Face of Cultural Attack"
Thursday, 1 November 2007
8:00 P.M.
UC Ballroom
In addition, Mr. Lear will give a Seminar titled, "The Use of Myth in Plato’s Republic" from 3:40-5:00 P.M. in Gallagher Business Building 123.
A philosopher and psychoanalyst, Professor Lear will discuss the ideas and implications of his most recent book, Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (2006). In this highly acclaimed study of the courage and wisdom of the last great chief of the Crow peoples, Plenty Coups, he seeks to pin down the ways in which societies and the individuals who lead them carry on in the face of cultural catastrophe. For people interested in the final years of the Crow nation and the ethical challenges faced by defeated societies, his book has been a revelation.
Professor Lear has declined the option of having his lecture recorded; a pod cast will not be available.
