Political Ideas and Ideologies: How to Get Yourself Killed in Antiquity!
Date and Time
Thursday, March 22, 2018
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- Thursday, March 22, 2018 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Location
Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, 200, Humanities Center
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110Cost
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The Political Ideas & Ideologies Series invites you to discover what kinds of dangerous ideas and actions could get a person killed in Ancient Greece and Rome. Looking at figures like Socrates, Antigone, Julius Caesar, and too many Christian martyrs to name, we'll be exploring how being a philosopher, a gender nonconformist, a tyrant, or a true believer can be a dangerous thing. And we'll investigate how thinking about what it meant to be a dangerous radical in antiquity can help us better understand our perceptions of and responses to dangerous ideas today. Refreshments provided.
There will be four sessions:
Be a Philosopher! - Thursday, March 8, 12:30-2 pm
Be a Gender Nonconformist! - Thursday, March 15, 12:30-2 pm
Be a Tyrant! - Thursday, April 12, 12:30-2 pm
Be a True Believer! - Thursday, April 19, 12:30-2 pm
