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Terry Eagleton: The New Atheism and the War on Terror
International Affairs Building Room 1501, 420 W. 118th St., New YorkA talk by Terry Eagleton, influential literary theorist and Distinguished Professor of English Literature at the University of Lancaster. He has written more than forty books, including Literary Theory: An Introduction (1983), The Illusions of Postmodernism (1996), and, most recently, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (2009). Co-sponsored with the Heyman Center for the...
Choreography of Sacred Space: State, Religion and Conflict Resolution
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul IstanbulA conference on how some religions in conflict have collaborated on shared access to religious sites they hold sacred. Negotiations over these sites in Turkey, North Africa, the Balkans and Palestine/Israel serve as models for toleration. Co-sponsored by Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and...
Charles Taylor: Can Human Action Be Explained?
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center 530 W. 120th St., NYA lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize. Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion. audio: https://ircpl.org/audio/IRCPL-Taylor.Human.Action.mp3 video: https://www.ircpl.org/video/ircpl_charles_taylor_994.m4a