UDPL Adult Discovery & Learning

NO CLASS SEPT 24

A multi-disciplinary exploration of liberal ideology and its applications to politics, economics, culture, education, and religion. The rise of liberalism from its roots in the Enlightenment. Declines of humanism, tolerance, and democratic values. The recent rise of technocracy, oligarchy, pseudo-science, populism, illiberalism, and neo-fascism in the United States. Ideas for resurrection of liberal democracy, as an antidote to authoritarian corruption and incompetence.

Instructor: Sanford Catz is a retired Lockheed Martin aerospace engineering manager; Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society organizer and discussion group leader; Temple University OLLI lifelong learning instructor of multi-disciplinary courses in science and the humanities. Credentials include: MEng, Engineering Sciences, Pennsylvania State University; BS, Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University.