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SUMMARY:Mark Kingwell at the Toronto Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Mark Kingwell will be discussing his new book Question Authority at the Toronto Public Library\, in conversation with host Randy Boyagoda. \nThe event is free\, and will take place on Thursday\, February 27 at 7PM in the Jack Rabinovitch Reading Room at the Toronto Reference Library. \nMore details here. \nGrab Question Authority here! \nABOUT QUESTION AUTHORITY \nPhilosopher Mark Kingwell thinks about thinking for yourself in an era of radical know-it-all-ism. \n“Question authority\,” the popular 1960s slogan commanded. “Think for yourself.” But what started as a counter-cultural catchphrase\, playful in logic but serious in intent\, has become a practical paradox. Yesterday’s social critics are the tone-policing tyrants of today\, while those who claim “colourblindness” see no need to engage with critical theory at all. The resulting crisis of authority\, made worse by rival political factions and chaotic public discourse\, has exposed cracks in every facet of shared social life. Politics\, academia\, journalism\, medicine\, religion\, science—every kind of institutional claim is now routinely subject to objection\, investigation\, and outright disbelief. A recurring feature of this comprehensive distrust of authority is the firm\, often unshakeable\, belief in personal righteousness and superiority: what Mark Kingwell calls our “addiction to conviction.” \nIn this critical survey of the predicament of contemporary authority\, Kingwell draws on philosophical argument\, personal reflection\, and details from the headlines in an attempt to reclaim the democratic spirit of questioning authority and thinking for oneself. Defending a program of compassionate skepticism\, Question Authority is a fascinating survey of the role of individual humility in public life and illuminates how we might each do our part in the infinite project of justice. \nABOUT MARK KINGWELL \nMark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto\, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine.
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LOCATION:Toronto Reference Library\, 789 Yonge St\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 2G8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Freedom to Read Week with Ira Wells (On Book Banning)
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Freedom to Read Week in Canada\, join Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning: Or\, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy\, for thought-provoking online conversation Dr. Shannon Murray\, held by Bookmark Bookstores. \nThis virtual event will take place on Thursday\, February 27 at 7PM ADT. Reserve your free ticket today here\, and you will be emailed a Zoom link on the morning of the event to the email you include with your registration. \nMore details here. \nGrab On Book Banning here! \nABOUT ON BOOK BANNING \nThe freedom to read is under attack. \nFrom the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature\, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases\, literary controversies\, and philosophical arguments\, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization\, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves. \nABOUT IRA WELLS \nIra Wells is a critic\, essayist\, and an associate professor at Victoria College in the University of Toronto\, where he teaches in the Northrop Frye stream in literature and the humanities in the Vic One program. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, Globe and Mail\, Guardian\, The New Republic\, and many other venues. His most recent book is Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
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