| 2005 Summer Seminar |
—Jack Criss
Course Description:
Reason and Idealism in Literature—How Bad Philosophy Took Hold and How Good Philosophy Might Yet Triumph.
This lecture explores how a highly technical and convoluted philosophic system—Kantianism—was able to take such a strong hold in the culture of the 19th and 20th Century. Jack Criss argues that the poetry and literature of the German Romantics was the conduit through which Kant's philosophy was able to spread as rapidly—and as effectively—as it did. He will examine how Ayn Rand's literature might be able to take hold in the modern culture in a similar way through her works of literature.
Jack Criss is the publisher and executive editor of the Metro Business Chronicle, a monthly business newspaper based in Jackson, MS. He is also the author of Ready, Aim, Right! (Quail Ridge Press, 2004) a collection of political/philosophical essays and editorials compiled from over the past 15 years. Currently, he is completing the biography of former Mississippi governor, Kirk Fordice, entitled "Steel Will" (to be published in hardback in 2005) and the children's book, "The Great Greek Philosopher: Aristotle for Kids".
Schedule: Sunday, 8 PM
Track: Philosophy