She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this ,ra, such as rochambeau consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Profounderiences had a impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from musicton, a bachelor of from the Eastman School of music, and a phd and french studies. She has been a membe
Speaker, dr. Christy pichichero. Dr. Pichichero, our good friend and neighbor, is an associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition, revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view in our gallery immediately behind this fireplace and will be open after the talk this evening. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, whose writings are featured in our show, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their military enterprises. Their experience is in america had a profound impact on their politics and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center book, theheros military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis xiv to napoleo
Cspan2, television for serious readers. After words is on vocational law las vegas at the freedom fast Libertarian Convention we are talking with authors here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres the cover of his book there is a god there is a god how to respond to atheism in the last days. I want to start with those last words. In the last days, were you referencing . Im referencing a specific faith tradition. Obviously theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out the new atheists have gotten very aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . They usually talk about the four horsemen, Richard Dawkins is most notable, he wrote a book called god delusion but he has some calm prayers, sam harris, Christopher Hitchens just passed on and then Daniel Bennett of tuscan university. The call in the four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse. There aggressive and angry. The old atheist of the 20th century was much more live
Shots in society and business and they stay amongst themselves you can get rich and successful you can even get elected into highest office but he will never really be one of them if you have been born into thats. What makes them so elitist is that power is shed only among a few professor michel whop among germanys best known expert on elites. Elites are people in positions of power it has nothing to do with fame or with wealth necessarily in the world of business there is some overlap but in general elite means power. By the elites make up only a small part of society but they may decide which direction society is headed thats what well be looking at today on made in germany is the idea of social mobility a myth lets face it a lot of what makes elites so powerful is Money Management of rich peoples pocket money has become an industry in itself all big minds now run whole departments that it caters to the financial needs of the wealthy private clients but more and more High Net Worth i
You are watching r t international. Im rachel ruble live in the russian capital. Natal chief in songbird says the alliance is not considering sending trips to ukraine. That comes mid reaction from russia to french president s manual microns suggestion that there could be direct involvement in the hot conflict. Mazda says such a move could lead to no good results. We are well aware of mac cross position on the needs to inflict the strategic defeat on russia and so on. We have noticed the fact that the topic of sending troops unlimited cream was indeed discussed. We have also taken note that there was a very rich pallet of opinions on this matter. Indeed, there was no consensus of it, but its a number of countries participating in that terrace event remain sober in their assessment of the potential risks of such actions. And the potential risks of being directly involved in a hot conflict upon well out of. Busy all the leaders of all the nato Member States micron is the only one whos sug