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SUMMARY:Are Revolutions Justified? - Professor Lea Ypi\, London School of 
 Economics
DTSTART:20240202T173000Z
DTEND:20240202T183000Z
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CONTACT:Janet Gibson
DESCRIPTION:Authors who think about the justifiability of revolution\, are
  often divided between those who criticise it on grounds of institutional 
 legalism and those who endorse it on grounds of idealist moralism. Moralis
 ts think that since the ends of revolution are right\, revolution can neve
 r be wrong. Legalists think that since the means of revolution are wrong\,
  revolution can never be right. In this lecture Lea Ypi revisits their arg
 uments and offers an alternative that tries to cut across the divide. She 
 examines revolution not in relation to the justice of individuals but grou
 nded on a philosophical theory of history that focuses on collective progr
 ess. She suggests that revolutions (including failed revolutions) enlarge 
 the frame of political judgment\, change feasibility constraints\, and hel
 p develop the learning processes that future generations need to continue 
 to emancipate.\n\nLea Ypi is Professor in Political Theory in the Governme
 nt Department\, London School of Economics\, and Adjunct Associate Profess
 or in Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences\, Australian Na
 tional University. Before joining the LSE\, she was a Post- doctoral Prize
  Research Fellow at Nuffield College (Oxford) and a researcher at the Euro
 pean University Institute where she obtained her PhD.  \n\nProfessor Ypi h
 as degrees in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Rome\, La S
 apienza\, and has held visiting and research positions at Sciences Po\, th
 e University of Frankfurt\, the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin\, the Australi
 an National University and the Italian Institute for Historical Studies.  
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LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Avenue
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