If one's civilization is collapsing, and its central values and norms become drained of meaning, how should one live?
Jonathan Lear will address this deeply difficult philosophical, ethical and human question by reflecting on the case of the Crow tribe of American northwest plains Indians in the late 19th century, as they thought about how they should live during a period in which their traditional life was becoming impossible.

Annual Philosophy Public Lecture

Hosted by: Department of Philosophy

In conjunction with: College of Communications, College of Education, College of Fine and Applied Arts, College of Law Program in Law and Philosophy, Department of Advertising, Department of Anthropology, Department of Classics, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Journalism, Department of Political Science, Department of Speech Communication, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Institute for Communication Research, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory