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Irony and Humanity: A Dialogue between Jonathan Lear and Alasdair MacIntyre

Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall 1155 East 58th St. Chicago, IL 60637, Hyde Park, IL

Presented by the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy. Co-sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute. In his most recent book, A Case for Irony, Jonathan Lear argues that becoming a human being is a difficult task, and that developing a capacity for irony is essential to doing it well. He claims that ironic […]