In May, I took part in a discussion on ‘Individualism’ organised by the Ax:son Johnson Foundation and the British Academy.  The starting point of the discussion was Larry Siedentop’s book Inventing the Individual, which argues that the modern liberal idea of the individual was created in the work of Christian theologians. It is a view about which I am skeptical, as I observed in my review of Siedentop’s book. Larry Siedentop spoke at the event;  other speakers included Angelica Gooden, […]

Categories: History, Human, Philosophy & Ethics • Tags: antigone, aristotle, brecht, christianity, enlightenment, equality, greek philosophy, individualism, jonathan israel, larry siedentop, modernity, plato, radical enlightenment, the reformation