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All-day					1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory @ Politics Dept. New School 1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory @ Politics Dept. New School Mar 6 all-day Tickets The Politics department at the New School for Social Research will host its 1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory on March 6-7th, 2020. We are launching this event to provide graduate students in the history of political thought, political theory and political philosophy an opportunity to present and receive feedback on their work. A total of six (6) papers will be accepted and each of them will receive substantial comments from a New School graduate student, to be followed by[...]	1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory @ Politics Dept. New School 1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory @ Politics Dept. New School Mar 7 all-day Tickets The Politics department at the New School for Social Research will host its 1st Graduate Conference in Political Theory on March 6-7th, 2020. We are launching this event to provide graduate students in the history of political thought, political theory and political philosophy an opportunity to present and receive feedback on their work. A total of six (6) papers will be accepted and each of them will receive substantial comments from a New School graduate student, to be followed by[...]
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm				6:00 pm Overdoing Democracy: Robert B. Talisse in conversation with Oliver Burkeman @ CUNY Grad Center, Segal Theater Overdoing Democracy: Robert B. Talisse in conversation with Oliver Burkeman @ CUNY Grad Center, Segal Theater Mar 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The fate of democracy is increasingly in doubt, in America and around the world. But what if the greatest danger for democratic societies comes from within? In his insightful new book, philosopher Robert B. Talisse reports that he has seen the enemy and it is us: we are overdoing democracy, making every issue a political issue and every human engagement a political interaction. If we hope to save democracy, Talisse argues, we need to put[...] 6:00 pm The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean @ Wolff Conference Room, D1103 The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean @ Wolff Conference Room, D1103 Mar 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets According to a pervasive and widespread literature, we came, whether we want it or not, to surround our existences with all sorts of narratives: retrospective interpretations of what came before us and how we were born, anticipative stories about what is to come and what we should expect, and, most of all, restless attempts to describe what our present is made of so that we know how to make sense of it. First-person narratives occupy[...]

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