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Video feature — Banned Books and the Stuart Rose Collection
Supplemental Media: Catalogue, Handlist, Lectures, Events and More
Description
A faculty panel discussion in two sessions:
Session 1:
The Index: Una Cadegan (history) looks at the current scholarship on the Index of Forbidden Books.
Galileo: Robert Brecha (physics) highlights the banning of Galileo and observational science.
Session 2:
Thomas Aquinas: John Inglis (philosophy) speaks on the banning of Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica, the most important book in Catholic intellectual tradition.
Descartes and the Index of Forbidden Books: Paul Morman (history, Distinguished Service Professor) highlights the book by Descartes that he was not allowed to study while a student at UD in the 1960s.
Publication Date
9-22-2014
Keywords
- banned books
Disciplines
Contents of Streaming Media
Session 1: Una Cadegan (history) looks at the current scholarship on the Index of Forbidden Books; Robert Brecha (physics) highlights the banning of Galileo and observational science.
Contents of Additional Streaming Media
Session 2: John Inglis (philosophy) speaks on the banning of Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica, the most important book in Catholic intellectual tradition; Paul Morman (history, Distinguished Service Professor) highlights the book by Descartes that he was not allowed to study while a student at UD in the 1960s.
Citation Information
Robert Brecha, Una M. Cadegan, John A. Inglis and Paul J. Morman. "Video feature — Banned Books and the Stuart Rose Collection" Dayton(2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/una_cadegan/3/
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