Of Civil Service so a lot of order purecratic functions, running the city harbors, establishing the weights and measures. Those things were staffed by ordinary people who were put into position by lottery. But one of the things i argue is that sometimes modern political theorists exaggerate that too far. They sometimes people say they ran everything by lottery, and there was no division between rich and poor. The poor did everything. And thats actually an overstatement. Actually the athennians had certain roles which by law or custom were reserved for the rich but the poor could still hold the rich accountable and thats that able to control the rich and hold them accountable that i think really account ares to the great powers the athennian people. Host one thing you talk about in your book is some of the things that modern politics has derived from both the greeks and in the romans, and one of the things is virtue. What do you mean by that . Guest so, virtue is the idea that well in g
My book, at some point, you know, i call him a genius at one point. We always argue about whether the term is overused, but one of the pieces of that description is the enormous speed with which with which he worked. Enormous speed from which he went from zero to 60. From a blank landscape to this. This is not just a sketch. This is a rigorous exploration of the possibility of this made into a physical form. The second essential fact about this drawing is that we recognize that today, given that he worked on it for five months, given that he left the project after 11 months, given that almost nothing on this plan was put into place not just in the next decade after its creation but in the next six to seven decades after its creation, the fact that you and i can all sit in here and place ourselves on it. Place the capital. Place the white house. The fact that we recognize these avenues, those people who have lived in d. C. For quite a while you can recognize the streets in this plan ben
In the south of france. In germany, the sequel to defeat was revolution a bitter struggle between nationalists and revolutionaries. Groszs observations of nationalist brutality made him one of the lefts most powerful propagandists. I felt the ground shaking beneath my feet, he said. And the shaking was visible in my work. His caricatures of weimar germany reject a society depraved by greed and power. Groszs contempt was shared by wider artistic developments in europe and america. Those developments became known as dada. Dada was like a storm that broke over the world of art. It had many centers from zurich to hanover, from cologne to new york and many sorts of artistic expression. Unlike grosz in berlin, these dada artists didnt see the exposure of Class Divisions as their central purpose. They attacked the foundations on which nations were built truth, beauty, reason, science. In the wake of the catastrophe, all these values were brought into question. In paris and new york, Marcel Du
Media. She spoke in an event at the university of georgia in athens, georgia. [applause] thank you. When you say i do all those things now i know why i am tired. [laughter] when you become a feminist activist i havent had a chance to wash my hair in 30 years. [laughter] im just giving you fair warning. Im so glad to be here and im stunned and delighted and humbled by the enormity of the attendance and its very special particularly to hear that you do throughout the year and clearly the womens studies presence. Theres enough energy in this room to light a city block. Clearly throughout the year that you dont just settle for womens History Month which i had my moments of ambivalence about because there is black History Month and theres womens History Month and then the other 10 months are pellmell months . [laughter] so we need to have a little available room and spread. We are going to cover a lot of ground so im going to leap right in. I thought that for some of the fresh lemon and wom
Consider this. Here is more of whats ahead. Its the news people have been dreading. Flight mh370 ended in the southern indian ocean. 200 families out there who have been bereaved are grieving. This is news that the relatives have been waiting two weeks to not here. Crimea, ukraine divorce is not amicable. Russia has been thrown out if from the g8. We are united in imposing a cost on russia for its actions so far. Questions are mounting over a policeinvolved shooting. It appears james boyd was ready to cooperate. He was going to go down on the ground. It is hows of absurd. A whistle came off that no one can hear, except the richest people in the world, and they came like dogs. We begin the hour with disdrought family members, who after a 17day wait received the news they didnt want to hear. Malaysian airliner flight mh370 plunged into the south indian ocean, a vast and remote region on earth. Malaysias Prime Minister said the plane was lost. Its very difficult. The one thing they want t