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PSIA Seminar: Rousseau, Democracy, and Moral Liberty

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: In The Social Contract (1762), Rousseau provides a justification for democracy over other forms of government. Democracy is more legitimate, he argues, because when the people are Sovereign and rule through the General Will they achieve moral liberty. Moral liberty is obedience to a law which we have given to ourselves. Having […]

PSIA Seminar: Two Concepts of Nationalism

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: Mikayel Zolyan will talk about the conceptual distinction between 'ethnic,' and 'civic' types of nationalism, sometimes also known as 'Eastern' and 'Western' types of nationalism, and about the degree to which this theoretical distinction applies to the Armenian case. He will start by defining the main concepts, such as nation, ethnicity, nationalism, […]

PSIA Seminar: Two Concepts of Nationalism

114W, Paramaz Avedisian Building

About the Event: Mikayel Zolyan will talk about the conceptual distinction between 'ethnic,' and 'civic' types of nationalism, sometimes also known as 'Eastern' and 'Western' types of nationalism, and about the degree to which this theoretical distinction applies to the Armenian case. He will start by defining the main concepts, such as nation, ethnicity, nationalism, […]