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SUMMARY:Civilization on the Brink? Modern Philosophy and the Abolition of Man
DESCRIPTION:Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 25. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text.  \nThis seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute\, and this event is made possible through the support of ‘In Lumine: Supporting the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on Campuses Nationwide’ (Grant #62372) from the John Templeton Foundation. \nREGISTER HERE \nIn 1944\, CS Lewis looked upon civilization and was amazed by what he saw: \nIn a sort of ghastly simplicity\, we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.\nWhat was it about 20th century philosophy that horrified Lewis? Was the embrace of relativism a step towards greater social progress\, or did it threaten the foundations of society?  Did the conquest of nature result in “nature’s conquest over man”\, a victory that made man less than human? Was there a source of universal values\, such as natural law\, that could prevent the abolition of man? How would one know if such a law existed with a seemingly infinite number of traditions and beliefs? \nIn The Abolition of Man\, C.S. Lewis\, from an intentionally non-Christian perspective\, delivered a scathing critique of moral relativism and the limitless advancements of science. This seminar will delve into Lewis’s bold arguments and challenge participants to confront uncomfortable questions about the direction of our values\, ethics\, and what it means to be human. \nProfessor Erin Walsh\, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature\, will join us for the conversation. \n\nSchedule \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:15 PM Discussion | 7:30 PM Close \nOctober 16th: “Men Without Chests” (27 pages) \nOctober 30th: “The Way” (26 pages) \nNovember 13th: “The Abolition of Man” (27 pages) \n\nThis event is part of Lumen Christi’s Fundamental Questions seminar\, a quarterly reading group designed for undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. By fostering intellectually rigorous conversation around culturally resonant texts\, we aim to allow students to experience the force of the deep existential concerns which animate our lives: “Where do my values come from? What is the good life? How can I become happy?” Our aim is not to answer such fundamental questions\, but rather to equip students with the intellectual skills needed to recognize and articulate them for themselves. This group welcomes students from all religious and philosophical backgrounds because existential questions of being are of concern to all. \nIn addition\, undergraduate students who participate in this seminar are eligible to become “Nicklin Fellows.” These fellows will have exclusive access to research and development grant funds to pursue their intellectual interests. Grants can be used to do things like the following: \n\nOrganize a reading group\nBring a speaker to campus\nOrganize a movie night\nDevelop and plan future fundamental questions seminars\nWrite a paper for a journal\nAnd more!\n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2024-10-abolition-of-man/2024-10-16/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Fundamental Questions Seminar
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SUMMARY:The Closing of the American Mind and the Death of Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. This seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute. \nREGISTER HERE \nThe American university is premised on being open to a wide range of people and ideas\, the place “where community and friendship can exist in our times.” \n\nBut has the university perverted openness into a  “surrender to whatever is most powerful”?\nIs openness a virtue\, “that invites us to the quest for knowledge and certitude?”\nOr does openness “result in conformism”?\nIs “what is advertised as a great opening …a great closing\,” where indifference\, ignorance\, and relativism have closed the American mind to the pursuit of truth?\n\nThese questions animated Allan Bloom in his 1987 bestseller\, The Closing of the American Mind. A longtime member of the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought with decades of experience teaching undergraduates\, Bloom lambasted the intellectual and spiritual state of American higher education.  From rock music to the sexual revolution\, from Nietzsche and Max Weber to concepts like “my values” and “the self\,” Bloom indicted the causes for the American undergraduate’s flat soul.  The only solution was a return to a Great Books education guided by Plato’s Republic. \nWe will read selections from The Closing of the American Mind to debate some of Bloom’s most contentious claims. Was what he said of undergraduates true in 1987? Is it true now? Has the university been corrupted by relativism? Do the Great Books provide a way out? \nJohn W. Boyer will join us for the first session. Boyer is the Senior Advisor to the President and the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He served as Dean of the College from 1992 until 2023. \nSCHEDULE:\n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:15 PM Discussion | 7:30 PM Close \nWe encourage you to read the book in its entirety. Come ready to discuss at least the selections below. Books are provided. \nJanuary 17th: \n\nIntro + Part I: The Clean Slate\, Books\, and Relationships (Self-Centeredness\, Equality\, Race\, and Sex)\n\nJanuary 31st: \n\nPart II: The German Connection\, Values\, The Nietzcheanization of the Left\, and Our Ignorance\n\nFebruary 14th: \n\nPart III: The Sixties and the Student & the University\n\n\nThis event is part of Lumen Christi’s Fundamental Questions seminar\, a quarterly reading group designed for undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. By fostering intellectually rigorous conversation around culturally resonant texts\, we aim to allow students to experience the force of the deep existential concerns which animate our lives: “Where do my values come from? What is the good life? How can I become happy?” Our aim is not to answer such fundamental questions\, but rather to equip students with the intellectual skills needed to recognize and articulate them for themselves. This group welcomes students from all religious and philosophical backgrounds because existential questions of being are of concern to all. \nIn addition\, undergraduate students who participate in this seminar are eligible to become “Nicklin Fellows.” These fellows will have exclusive access to research and development grant funds to pursue their intellectual interests. Grants can be used to do things like the following: \n\nOrganize a reading group\nBring a speaker to campus\nOrganize a movie night\nDevelop and plan future fundamental questions seminars\nWrite a paper for a journal\nAnd more!\n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-10-the-closing-of-the-american-mind/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
CATEGORIES:Fundamental Questions Seminar
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SUMMARY:The Revolt of the Masses and the Suicide of Civilization
DESCRIPTION:Open to current undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. Registration is capped at 20. Students who register after capacity has been reached will be put on a waitlist. All registrants will be provided with a free copy of the text. This seminar and the Nicklin Fellows are cosponsored by the First Analysis Institute. \nREGISTER HERE \n“As they say in the United States: ‘to be different is to be indecent.’ The mass crushes beneath it everything that is different\, everything that is excellent\, individual\, qualified\, and select. Anybody who is not like everybody\, who does not think like everybody\, runs the risk of being eliminated.” \nWe live in a world of mass media\, mass markets\, mass hysteria. It is no wonder\, then\, that we have become what the 20th century Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset called “mass man.” While we are constantly making the world around us a better place to live in\, we neglect to make ourselves better persons. We have lost even the aspiration for excellence. \nIn this dinner-time seminar\, we will read Ortega’s masterpiece\, The Revolt of the Masses\, in order to examine how our culture has lost something essential\, and what it means to be more than a face in the crowd. \n\nSCHEDULE \n6:00 PM Dinner | 6:15 PM Discussion | 7:30 PM Close \nOctober 11th: Who is the Mass Man? \nRevolt of the Masses: § 1\, 2\, 3\, 6 \nOctober 25th : Nobility and vulgarity \nRevolt of the Masses: § 7\, 8\, 9 \nNovember 8th: Specialization and the State \nRevolt of the Masses: § 11\, 12\, 13\, 15 \n\nThis event is part of Lumen Christi’s Fundamental Questions seminar\, a quarterly reading group designed for undergraduate students at the University of Chicago. By fostering intellectually rigorous conversation around culturally resonant texts\, we aim to allow students to experience the force of the deep existential concerns which animate our lives: “Where do my values come from? What is the good life? How can I become happy?” Our aim is not to answer such fundamental questions\, but rather to equip students with the intellectual skills needed to recognize and articulate them for themselves. This group welcomes students from all religious and philosophical backgrounds because existential questions of being are of concern to all. \nIn addition\, undergraduate students who participate in this seminar are eligible to become “Nicklin Fellows.” These fellows will have exclusive access to research and development grant funds to pursue their intellectual interests. Grants can be used to do things like the following: \n\nOrganize a reading group\nBring a speaker to campus\nOrganize a movie night\nDevelop and plan future fundamental questions seminars\nWrite a paper for a journal\nAnd more!\n\n 
URL:https://lumenchristi.org/event/2023-10-jose-ortega-s-revolt-of-masses-suicide-of-civilization/
LOCATION:Gavin House\, 1220 E 58th St.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637
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