Featuring:
Axel Honneth (Philosophy, Columbia University)
Respondents:
Elizabeth Anderson (Philosophy, University of Michigan)
Alex Gourevitch (Political Science, Brown University)
Stephen Sawyer (History, American University of Paris)
Convener:
Dilip Gaonkar (Communication Studies, Northwestern University)
Free and open to the public. On Zoom.
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