“What is a Republic?” Maynooth University, 23 May 2016, 11:00 – 19:00

On 23rd May 2016, Maynooth University will host a conference asking “What is a Republic”: 1916 is not merely a nationalist commemoration but a republican one also. The signatories of the 1916 proclamation committed themselves not merely to Irish national sovereignty but to a particular tradition of sovereignty – a republican tradition. Any commemoration of … Read more

philosophy bites: Philip Pettit on Republicanism

What is republicanism? Philip Pettit discusses this important political tradition in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, emphasizing the centrality of a principle of non-domination.
philosophy bites: Philip Pettit on Republicanism