Description
Examine some of the writings of four 20th century Jewish thinkers.
Location
ONLINE
Date & Time
THURSDAYS, 10:00-11:30am (EST) February 8 - 29, 2024
"...even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination, and that such illumination might well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickering, and often weak light that some men and women, in their lives and their works, will kindle under almost all circumstances and shed over the time span that was given to them....”
-Hannah Arendt, Men in Dark Times
Course Description :
The political turmoil in the US, rife with anti-Semitism, racism, authoritarianism and threats to the survival of American democracy. is not without precedent. This four-week course will examine some of the writings of four 20th century Jewish thinkers--Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), I.F. Stone (1907-1989), Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) and Daniel Bell (1919-2011) --which resonate in today's highly charged culture wars.
THURSDAYS, 10:00-11:30am (EST)
Dates: Feb. 8, 15, 22, 29
About the Instructor:
Marsha B. Cohen, Ph.D. is an independent scholar, researcher and writer, who holds Melton’s Deborah and Michael Troner Endowed Faculty Chair. She earned her PhD in International Relations from Florida International University and taught for over a decade, specializing in the Middle East and North Africa and the Role of Religion in World Affairs. Marsha received her BA in Political Philosophy from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Marsha has been teaching for the Department of Adult Learning & Growth as part of the Melton faculty for 20 plus years.
