What is the West?
University of Dundee
Are the Western values that we have become accustomed to undergoing a fundamental change? Is this change permanent?
Antony Black will look at the effect of the current challenge to Western values in the light of the history of the West from ancient Greek democracy through the medieval marriage revolution to modern liberalism and the social market economy.
Antony Black is Emeritus Professor of the History of Political Thought at the University of Dundee. His published works include a world history of ancient political thought, from prehistory to c.300 CE, a complete history of Islamic political thought, and a comparative study of political thought in the West and in the Muslim-ruled world from the origins to the present, a history and theory of community and recently explored climate change in the context of world history and the challenge it presents today. He is currently working on a global history of political thought up to the present.
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00 - 12:00 BST
Room 1LG04 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee
Old Hawkhill Dundee DD1 5EN
General Admission - £3.00
