Presented By: Port Huron 50
Elizabeth Anderson Lecture, “The People Themselves: Between Revolution and Representation from 1789 to Port Huron and Beyond”
Preview Lecture and Film Series for the Port Huron Conference
WHEN: 2:00-3:30
Where: Tisch Hall - 1014
This lecture is part of a thematic series of events leading up to the October 31-November 2, 2012 conference, "A New Insurgency: The Port Huron Statement in Its Time and Ours." It is free and open to the public.
Abstract: The Port Huron statement marked an important moment in the history of democracy by calling for full participation by the people in political life. I situate this call in the context of the history of the people themselves taking control of their collective life, from the French Revolution to the present. Throughout this history, the struggle for democracy has been shaped by tension between participatory and representative forms. I shall show how the Port Huron statement proposed a resolution of this tension by drawing on the resources of American pragmatism.
Where: Tisch Hall - 1014
This lecture is part of a thematic series of events leading up to the October 31-November 2, 2012 conference, "A New Insurgency: The Port Huron Statement in Its Time and Ours." It is free and open to the public.
Abstract: The Port Huron statement marked an important moment in the history of democracy by calling for full participation by the people in political life. I situate this call in the context of the history of the people themselves taking control of their collective life, from the French Revolution to the present. Throughout this history, the struggle for democracy has been shaped by tension between participatory and representative forms. I shall show how the Port Huron statement proposed a resolution of this tension by drawing on the resources of American pragmatism.
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