CEHV is pleased to co-sponsor a talk by Professor Owen Flanagan (Philosophy, Duke) as part of the Center for Historical Research series on "Anger in History."
Abstract
We live in what the novelist Pankaj Mishra calls “The Age of Anger.” In everyday life, we hear that we are entitled to our anger, that anger is an authentic expression of the self, and that we need to vent our anger. Is this true? Meanwhile, politics is increasingly a zone in which angry dismissive performance battles opposing angry dismissive performance. Can the humanities help? In this talk, I explore findings from emotion science and cross-cultural philosophy and offer ways to think critically about how we do anger in personal relations, commercial relations, and in political life. I make some suggestions for how we might do anger in more sensible and productive ways to increase both well-being and social justice.
About Owen Flanagan
Owen Flanagan is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Duke University. His work is in Philosophy of Mind and Psychiatry, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Cross-Cultural Philosophy. Some of his recent books are: The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility (Oxford University Press, 2016); The Bodhissattva’s Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (MIT Press, 2011); and The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (MIT Press, 2007). He has lectured on every continent except Antarctica.
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Each year, The Center for Historical Research brings together scholars from various disciplines to examine issues of broad contemporary relevance in historical perspective. The annual program of the Center is organized around a central theme, which will be explored through a series of seminars. CEHV Director Piers Turner is honored to serve as part of the steering committee for the current program, led by Professors Bruno Cabanes and Sara Butler.
