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Friday, January 06, 2006

Danielle S. Allen: Talking To Strangers

Talking to Strangers

An excerpt from
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education


Interview With Danielle S. Allen

Video of Allen discussing why our political life is characterized by so much distress and her thoughts on how we can arrive at a place of more peaceful interaction.

Also the introduction to her previous book The World of Prometheus:
The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens
is available in HTML and PDF formats.

Interview on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio on "American Citizenship"

NPR Interview "Race, Class and Talking to Strangers"
Michael at 5:41 PM
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Sprouted San Diego-CA. Interpellated through Midwest universities. Working the borderline South. This website is an ongoing document of the cultural derive (wanderings) of a Humanities professor and a series of ongoing archives for retracing my steps when needed. Trigger Warning: You may be introduced to concepts and ideas that may conflict with your worldview. Please remain calm, you are not required to adopt these ideas and/or integrate them into your lifestyle. All we are asking is that you consider how other people/cultures think/believe/live. Think, share and live fully - stay awake, stay wild, inspire others! Anti-Authoritarian, Dialogic, Cultivator, Sapiosexual, Nemophilist, Radical Democracy, Wanderer/Wonderer Feel free to say hi, provide comments, concerns, or suggestions, in the comments section on the posts.
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