Lydia Moland

Oct 17, 2022

Radicalism, Humility, and Racism in America

A Conversation with Philosopher Lydia Moland

New Books Network 2022

Today’s episode focuses on the new book by Lydia Moland, who is a Professor of Philosophy at Colby College. Her book, Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life (U Chicago Press, 2022) offers a powerful window into questions of humility and its relationship to racism and other forms of discrimination in American history. We talk about Child’s ideas, particularly as they relate to many of the issue facing contemporary American society.

John Kaag is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at UMass Lowell and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is Professor and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations.

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John Traphagan

John W. Traphagan, Ph.D. is a visiting professor in the Center for International Education at Waseda University in Tokyo and Professor Emeritus in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin.

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