2222 - Searching For Civilisation

Session Description

Eminent philosopher John Armstrong asks: What is civilisation, really? It can mean a lot of different things: technlology, art, medicine, education, cooking, economic or political progress; and sometimes it has been a fig leaf for imperialism. Getting beneath the surface: What are the more personal issues at stake here? Why should civilisation matter? Tracing the idea to its core in the hope of integrating material needs and 'higher longings' (beauty, love, wisdom). But is this hope realistic? This is a great issue of both private life and public culture.
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