In Brisbane, Australia, Monday, 9th March 2020, 5:45 pm – 8:00 pm. From the event description:
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Polarisation and toxic discourse — old-fashioned intolerance and incivility on 21st century steroids – should be everyone’s concern. It’s not just in the public arena and not just online, they are seeping through everywhere, affecting day-to-day life and making it near-impossible to have productive discussions about the enormous challenges — and opportunities — facing humanity.
LAUNCH OF THE BRISBANE DIALOGUES
Enter The Brisbane Dialogues, which has been formed to stimulate and support civil discourse about “big issues” in a non-partisan spirit. We aim to turn one-way lectures and one-sided discussions into active, respectful dialogues between people of many points of view, raising the quality of public discourse in Brisbane and beyond.
For our launch event, The Brisbane Dialogues is excited to bring together two outstanding speakers with very different world views to debate a topic which is highly relevant to our purpose.
Hear two big thinkers show how people of opposing perspectives can conduct a respectful debate, agree on some things and disagree strongly on others, enlighten listeners and maybe even enjoy it and learn something themselves!
THE BIG DEBATE
The topic is POSTMODERNISM IS A RIGHT WING PHILOSOPHY.