讲座一：

主题：The Concept of Reaction
主讲人：马克?里拉， 哥伦比亚大学人文教授
主持人：李强教授，英皇娱乐政府管理学院
时间：2010年5月7日（周五）下午2:00
地点：英皇娱乐政府管理学院廖凯原楼126
工作语言：英语

内容简介：

  What do we mean by the term "reaction"? This concept, which drifted from the sciences to our political thought in the eighteenth century, is one of the least studied in modern intellectual history. Libraries are full of books on "revolution" and "resistance"; there are very few on reaction, a phenomenon that has done as much to shape the West (and now the world) as the other two. There have been potent reactions against the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, economic modernization, urbanization, colonialism, and now globalization. The term is usually used to describe individuals and movements on the right, and is often confused with conservatism. Yet reaction also occurs on the left (in radical environmentalism, for example). This talk will explore the many meanings people have given to the concept and examine whether any of them advance our understanding of modernity.

讲座二：

主题：The Politics of God
主讲人：马克?里拉， 哥伦比亚大学人文教授
主持人：李强教授，英皇娱乐政府管理学院
时间：2010年5月10日（周一）下午2:00
地点：英皇娱乐政府管理学院廖凯原楼126
工作语言：英语

马克?里拉简介：

      马克?里拉(Mark Lilla) 现任哥伦比亚大学人文教授，曾任芝加哥大学社会思想委员会教授，美国公共领域中最具有影响力的知识分子之一。他的主要著作有《当知识分子遇到政治》、《维柯：反现代的创生》、《夭折的上帝――宗教、政治与现代西方》。编有《以赛亚?伯林的遗产》，《新法兰西思想：政治哲学》等。