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[Bard College Public Debate: "Resolved: Individualism is an American value worth fighting for"]

Hannah Arendt Center presents:

Bard College Public Debate: "Resolved: Individualism is an American value worth fighting for"

Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This event occurred on:  Is America an exceptional nation? If so, of what is it a model? Democratic self-government? Something else? Does America's success or failure even matter for the fate of the world?
Please join us for an exciting public debate inspired by the topic of this year's Hannah Arendt Center Conference, "The Unmaking of Americans: Are There Still American Values Worth Fighting For?" The debate will feature Bard Debate Union members, Bard College faculty, and cadets and faculty from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Their topic will be, "Resolved: Individualism is an American value worth fighting for." Sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Center, Center for Civic Engagement, Bard Debate Union, West Point Military Academy, and the International Debate Education Association.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 7PM
Location: Bard College, Campus Center Multipurpose Room
Free and open to the public

Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
Sponsored by: Hannah Arendt Center.

For more information, call 845-758-7878, e-mail [email protected], or visit https://hac.bard.edu/conference-fall14/page.php?listing_id=9066950.


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