The Clarke Forum

Menu

  • Program Schedule
  • Past Programs
    • Past Programs in Detail
    • Past Programs in Overview
  • Audio / Video
    • Lectures for Public Viewing
    • Lectures for Campus-Use Only
    • Leadership Interview Videos
    • Audio Interviews with Guests
  • Themes and Series
    • 2020 Spring – Fall Theme: Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts
    • Poetry 2 + 1
    • Leadership in an Age of Uncertainty
    • The Good Life Series
    • All Themes
    • Clarke Forum Theme / Faculty Seminar Series Guidelines
  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Faculty Seminar
    • Administrative Staff
    • Student Project Managers
  • Contact Us
    • Directions
    • Accessibility
    • Contact Info
  • Notes from Director

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Virtual program on YouTube live, 7 p.m.
(Rescheduled from 4/23/20)

Livestream Link

Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Polarization

Robert Talisse

Vanderbilt University

Democracy is such an important social good that it is natural to think that more is always better. However, current findings regarding polarization suggest that it is nonetheless possible for citizens to overdo democracy. In overdoing democracy, we erode the capacities we need to perform well as democratic citizens.

The program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the departments of philosophy and religion. It is part of the Clarke Forum’s semester theme, Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts.

Topic overview written by Gabriella Farrell ’21

Biography (provided by the speaker)

(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University)

Robert B. Talisse is the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. An internationally recognized theorist of democracy, Talisse has lectured throughout the world about democracy, moral disagreement, political polarization, and the ethics of citizenship. Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place is his tenth book.

Related Links

  1. TEDx Talk: “Putting Politics in its Place”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVhiFTUbJno
  2. “Partisan Divide Creates Different Americas”: http://theconversation.com/partisan-divide-creates-different-americas-separate-lives-122925
  3. “Why More Democracy Isn’t Better Democracy”: https://blog.oup.com/2019/09/why-more-democracy-isnt-better-democracy/

Post navigation

← Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Thursday, November 5, 2020 →

Upcoming Programs

Printable Fall 2020 Schedule

 

Social Media

facebook icon instagram icon twitter icon

All events for the 2020 fall
semester will be livestreams via YouTube and are free and open to the public

Join the Mailing List

Email List

Dickinson College Logo

© 2020 The Clarke Forum. No material on this site may be used in part or in whole by any other publication or website without the written permission of The Clarke Forum.
Design by: Academic Technology         Login