Disturbing the Peace: Intellectuals and Universities in an Illiberal Age
Tony Judt, the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University, asserts that tenured university academics have a social obligation to “speak the truth in the public place.” In this Lowell Humanities Series lecture, he warns that public pressures and contemporary mores inhibit today’s intellectuals from espousing unpopular views. Controversial for advocating a combined Israeli-Palestinian state, Judt frequently contributes to the New York Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. His most recent book is Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Penguin Press, 2005).
Presenter(s): Tony Judt
Date: February 6, 2007
Location: Devlin Hall 101
Sponsor(s): Lowell Humanities Series
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/judt/
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