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SUMMARY:“Tyrannical Powers: Contesting Freedom and Tyranny in the Age of Milton”
DESCRIPTION:\nThis talk examines a critical period in Western history an
	d literary culture when the interconnected keywords and concepts of “fre
	edom” and “tyranny” were bitterly contested\, redefined and recreated\, 
	and\, in some cases\, reimagined.  I will be talking about the English R
	evolution in the middle of the seventeenth century\, a period when press
	 censorship largely collapsed\, ushering in a new age of “free writing a
	nd free speaking” (as the great poet and polemicist John Milton describe
	d it in 1644). This was a remarkably fertile if volatile period—unstable
	 because of intense religious conflict\, experimental in terms of govern
	ments\, and violent due to civil wars\, yet exceptionally generative in 
	terms of fresh ways of thinking about freedom and tyranny. While notions
	 of freedom and tyranny then often drew upon the Bible and upon Greek an
	d Roman authorities\, these concepts were also redefined in a variety of
	 radical ways by such writers as Hobbes\, Milton\, and the English Level
	lers. Lowenstein's talk aims to illuminate how these concepts became a m
	ajor battleground in seventeenth-century England\, a crucial period in W
	estern history and culture for understanding the ways these keywords and
	 ideas were contested\, much as they continue to be in our own world.\n\
	nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/tyrannical-powers/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head></head><body><p>This talk exami
	nes a critical period in Western history and literary culture when the i
	nterconnected keywords and concepts of “freedom” and “tyranny” were bitt
	erly contested, redefined and recreated, and, in some cases, reimagined.
	  I will be talking about the English Revolution in the middle of the se
	venteenth century, a period when press censorship largely collapsed, ush
	ering in a new age of “free writing and free speaking” (as the great poe
	t and polemicist John Milton described it in 1644). This was a remarkabl
	y fertile if volatile period—unstable because of intense religious confl
	ict, experimental in terms of governments, and violent due to civil wars
	, yet exceptionally generative in terms of fresh ways of thinking about 
	freedom and tyranny. While notions of freedom and tyranny then often dre
	w upon the Bible and upon Greek and Roman authorities, these concepts we
	re also redefined in a variety of radical ways by such writers as Hobbes
	, Milton, and the English Levellers. Lowenstein's talk aims to illuminat
	e how these concepts became a major battleground in seventeenth-century 
	England, a crucial period in Western history and culture for understandi
	ng the ways these keywords and ideas were contested, much as they contin
	ue to be in our own world.</p><p>For more details: <a href='https://even
	ts.la.psu.edu/event/tyrannical-powers/'>https://events.la.psu.edu/event/
	tyrannical-powers/</a></p></body></html>
LOCATION:124 Sparks Building
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