Rethinking Solitude | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12021-11-17T13:44:21+08:00PeatixYale-NUS CollegeRethinking Solitudetag:peatix.com,2014:event-292722014-03-11T17:00:00SGT2014-03-11T17:00:00SGT
ABSTRACTModern communications technology offers to reduce the amount of
time that people spend by themselves. How should we evaluate this development?
Professor Bryan Garsten draws on a number of thinkers from the history of
political thought to help articulate what is lost when solitude is threatened,
but will also find reminders of problems that come with romanticizing solitude. ABOUT THE SPEAKERBryan Garsten is Professor of Political Science at Yale
University. He is the author of Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and
Judgment (Harvard University Press, 2006) as well as articles on political
rhetoric and deliberation, the meaning of representative government, the
relationship of politics and religion, and the place of emotions in political
life. Professor Garsten is now finishing a book called The Heart of
a Heartless World that examines the ethical, political and religious core of
early nineteenth century liberalism in the United States and France. His writings have won various awards, including the First Book Prize of
the Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science
Association.Professor Garsten is currently Acting Chair of the Humanities
Program at Yale. In 2012-2013 he served as Chair of a
committee overseeing the development of a common curriculum in the liberal arts
for Yale-NUS College in Singapore.