Spring Theme: To Give or Not To Give: Understanding Altruism, Its (Possible) Limits, and (Alleged) Costs of Trying to Do Good for Others This term's theme is giving and altruism. we'll start exploring whether something like altruism is possible and what it's origins might be. We'll explore these questions at an individual and interpersonal level as well as the intersections …
PhilosophyDr. Cyrus Zargar, the Department of Philosophy’s Endowed Al-Ghazali Distinguished Professor in Islamic Studies, will present “Persian Sufi Poetry and Contemporary Cinema: The Gaze according to Majid Majidi.” Majid Majidi's films capture contradictions in Iranian life: anonymity and identity; poverty and joy; and disability and extraordinary skill. To do so, Majidi draws from the classical Persian Sufi literary tradition. His …
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