Having trouble viewing this email? View an online version<http://wordvine.sydney.edu.au/files/59/4301> WE > INVITE > YOU TO *A SYDNEY IDEAS* > FORUM [image: The University of Sydney] PHILOSOPHY > IN THE AGE OF DEMOCRACY > > > > *Co-presented with the Department of Philosophy > <http://sydney.edu.au/arts/philosophy/about/index.shtml>, School of > Philosophical and Historical Inquiry *Plato notoriously condemned the > democratic way of life as the second-to-worst form of life, and he equally > notoriously recommends rule by philosophers as the only available cure. > This suggests a traditional hostility between philosophy and democracy, > with philosophers casting themselves as the would-be overlords of politics > and culture. Suspicions of this hostility were re-activated after the > Second World War by concerns about barbaric political movements supposedly > inspired by philosophical outlooks, and in a diminished form, similar > suspicions towards philosophy as of interest only to non-representative > "elites" sometimes reemerge in discussions of government funding of the > humanities. > > For good reasons, we have trouble accepting both Plato's cure and his > image of philosophy. Yet his indictment of democratic life and culture is > as pertinent as ever. How then, if it at all, might a refigured practice of > philosophy play a central, vital role within a flourishing democratic > culture? How does healthy democracy both depend on and inform philosophical > education? Furthermore, how might philosophical research into apparently > non-practical matters be of general relevance to the community? What > benefits might tax-payers expect to flow from public support of > philosophical research? In the light of comments made in last year's > federal election campaign about research funding for philosophy projects, a > panel of philosophers address different aspects of these pressing questions. > > *Participants:* > > *Professor Paul Redding* is ARC DORA Fellow in the department of > Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He works on the continental > idealist tradition in philosophy and its relation to contemporary movements > in philosophy. > > *Professor Richard Eldridge* is the Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell > Professor of Philosophy, at Swarthmore College, USA. He specialises in > aesthetics and theory of criticism, philosophy of language, philosophy of > mind, philosophy and literature, German idealism and Wittgenstein. > > *Dr Dalia Nassar* (participating chair) is an ARC DECRA Fellow in the > Department of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. Her areas of > research include German romantic and idealist philosophy, history of the > idea of nature, environmental philosophy, aesthetics, and theories of > interpretation. > > more event > information<http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/sydney-ideas-philosophy-in-the-age-of-democracy-forum> > > > > TUESDAY 25 MARCH > 6 to 7.30pm > Law School Foyer > Level 2, Sydney Law School > Eastern Avenue > The University of Sydney > Click here for venue > information<http://sydney.edu.au/law/about/campus.shtml><http://sydney.edu.au/law/about/campus.shtml> > > > RSVP > Free event with online registration requested. Click > here<http://whatson.sydney.edu.au/events/published/sydney-ideas-philosophy-in-the-age-of-democracy-forum> > for > the online registration page. > > Stay connected with Sydney Ideas and like us on > facebook<http://www.facebook.com/sydney.ideas>and follow us on > twitter. <https://twitter.com/Sydney_Ideas> You'll be the first to hear > about upcoming events and special offers. To make sure you > continue to see our emails in the future, please add > [email protected] to your address book or safe senders list > > To unsubscribe, reply to this email with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line > > Disclaimer <http://sydney.edu.au/disclaimer.shtml> | Privacy > statement<http://sydney.edu.au/privacy.shtml>| University > of Sydney <http://sydney.edu.au/> > > > > >
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