Against the Grain – June 8, 2010
In the first of a two-part presentation, Ron Hassner rejects the argument that religions are, in essence, peaceful. And Lisa Kron’s play “In the Wake” examines the politics of class and entitlement.
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays - Wednesdays
Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
In the first of a two-part presentation, Ron Hassner rejects the argument that religions are, in essence, peaceful. And Lisa Kron’s play “In the Wake” examines the politics of class and entitlement.
Economic historian Robert Brenner talks about the roots of the economic crisis in the long downturn of the 1970s.
Sociologist Carole Joffe, “Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us,” talks to Sasha Lilley about the history of the anti-abortion movement and the constraints on abortion today.
A new exhibition of Renée Green’s art addresses, among other things, the recovery of unfashionable ideas, the importance of specialized investigation, and the search for a meaningful existence.
The British historian Peter Clarke discusses his book “Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Economist.”
U.C. Berkeley professor Ron Hassner finds deeply problematic the arguments that religions are, in essence, peaceful, and that the bloodiest wars have been motivated by religion.
In Astra Taylor’s film “Examined Life: Philosophy is in the Streets,” eight influential thinkers share their ideas about ethical living, justice, cosmopolitanism, and revolution.