Economists of all persuasions justify their ideas by invoking Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, the seminal book of modern capitalism. Participants in this one-day seminar will discuss several passages from that famous book....
Upcoming Philosophy and Religion Seminars
This list is of upcoming seminars only. Since most seminars meet more than once in a term, if a class has already met at least once, it will no longer show up on this list.
Starting: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
We will explore social theory by considering the work of a number of classic sociologists, including Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel. In particular we will examine how their work overlapped with anthropology and psychology...
Starting: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The values of liberty and equality are deeply rooted in American political culture and our tradition of political thought. Yet these values seem inevitably to conflict; we can have one only by limiting or regulating the other. We will consider...
Starting: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Western mysticism begins in antiquity and extends into modern times, reaching in John of the Cross perhaps its clearest, most radiant moment. As Jacques Maritain wrote, in John “everything takes on that straining of earth toward heaven,...