Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life

A Century of Trauma (1x22)

Air date: Jan 01, 2009

This lecture explores the ways in which 20th-century wars, totalitarianism, and political strife reflect a trauma or "death" of the human imagination. Consider how new means and magnitudes of destruction fracture the human sense of reality, calling for new structures of meaning that might be equal to the scope of humanity's challenges.