Intersectionality and Sphere Pluralism: An Unlikely Dialogue About Equality and Liberty in a Global Space

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Join the School of Advanced International Studies for a discussion on "Intersectionality and Sphere Pluralism: An Unlikely Dialogue About Equality and Liberty in a Global Space" with Adam K. Webb, Hopkins-Nanjing Center co-director and professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

The most common critiques of modern society focus on inequality and concentration of power. In a large and diverse global space, the stakes of both rise. This lecture aims to bring into dialogue two very different currents of thinking: intersectionality and sphere pluralism. Intersectionality comes out of social movements on the left and deals with overlapping axes of oppression, such as race, sex, and class. Sphere pluralism has conservative, libertarian, or religious undertones and laments the modern dominance of the state over other institutions in society. While these two camps are not generally on speaking terms, this lecture will map out some provocative ways in which their ideas about human nature and the world's problems mirror each other despite some profoundly different assumptions. It will also draw out implications for thinking about equality, liberty, and strategies for bringing about a more just world in this century.

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