American Transcendentalism (I)

Featuring discussions of Ralph Waldo Emerson; ontological individualism and the state of nature; Alexis de Tocqueville; Immanuel Kant; philosophical idealism; Unitarianism; Transcendentalism; Lockean psychology; and Neo-Platonism.

Acclaimed actress and women’s rights advocate Kathleen Turner provides a rare opportunity for an open discussion with Museum visitors. This discussion took place at the Brooklyn Museum on November 14, 2009. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. www.brooklynmuseum.org

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