Is the art of disagreement dying?”
Tuesday 10 March 2020
19:30 to 21:00
At 19:30 we will discuss the topic of disagreement. Aspects include: “disinvited” speakers at universities; street and campus protests becoming increasingly unpleasant or even violent; excessive polarization in politics; the “filter bubbles” of news/social media; the “closing of minds”; protected feelings/causing offence; identity politics; free speech - must ultimately be free, whether or not it’s fair; hate speech, etc.
See this opinion piece by Brett Stephens in The New York Times “The Dying Art of Disagreement”- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/opinion/dying-art-of-disagreement.html (requires a free subscription)
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Druid's Head, 3 Market Place Kingston-upon-Thames KT1 1JT (view map) |
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