EPISODE · Feb 4, 2010 · 54 MIN
2010.02.05: Colin Greer w/Michael Lerner - A Discussion on Spinoza and the World Today
from The New School at Commonweal · host The New School at Commonweal
Colin Greer A Discussion on Spinoza and the World Today Join Michael Lerner in conversation with Colin Greer about the philosophy of Jewish-Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and how they apply to philanthropy, social justice, and the world today. Colin Greer Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. Formerly, he was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He is the author (with Herbert Kohl) of The Plain Truth of Things and A Call to Character. Other books include: What Nixon is doing to Us; The Solution is Part of the Problem; After Reagan What?; and The Divided Society. He is best known for The Great School Legend and Choosing Equality: The Case for Democratic Schooling (which won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Intellectual Freedom Award). He was a founding editor of Change Magazine and Social Policy Magazine. He is a contributing editor to Parade Magazine. Colin Greer also writes poetry, plays and non-fiction, and now also writes a blog on this website. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.
What this episode covers
Colin Greer A Discussion on Spinoza and the World Today Join Michael Lerner in conversation with Colin Greer about the philosophy of Jewish-Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and how they apply to philanthropy, social justice, and the world today. Colin Greer Dr. Colin Greer has been the President of The New World Foundation since 1985. Formerly, he was a Professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He is the author (with Herbert Kohl) of The Plain Truth of Things and A Call to Character. Other books include: What Nixon is doing to Us; The Solution is Part of the Problem; After Reagan What?; and The Divided Society. He is best known for The Great School Legend and Choosing Equality: The Case for Democratic Schooling (which won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Intellectual Freedom Award). He was a founding editor of Change Magazine and Social Policy Magazine. He is a contributing editor to Parade Magazine. Colin Greer also writes poetry, plays and non-fiction, and now also writes a blog on this website. Find out more about The New School at tns.commonweal.org.
NOW PLAYING
2010.02.05: Colin Greer w/Michael Lerner - A Discussion on Spinoza and the World Today
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.
Similar Podcasts
No similar podcasts found.