About the Event
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Wolf Law, room 206 | 2450 Kittredge Loop Dr. Boulder, CO 80309
Moderated by Daniel Jacobson, Director
About the Lecture
Sociology once understood spiritual anxiety as an important metric in social analysis, but it gradually disappeared as the idea of humans as naturally spiritual slipped away. Only by restoring the concept, however, can we understand the fervor and the features of our current identity politics.
About the Speaker
Joseph Bottum is one of America’s most widely published thinkers. Author of over a thousand essays and reviews in journals from the Atlantic to the Washington Post, he has written books of literary criticism, the American social condition, prize-winning children’s verse, and collections of New Formalist poetry. The former literary editor of the Weekly Standard and editor of First Things, with a Ph.D. in medieval philosophy, Bottum has been profiled and interviewed in journals from Le Figaro (Paris) and Il Foglio (Rome) to the New York Times, Spiked Online, and National Review. He lives in the Black Hills, where he writes on literature and philosophy.
Registration
The event is free, though registration is required (in-person registration and livestream registration are available). Short term pay parking is available in lots 415, 406, or 306. Please direct parking questions to Parking Services.
