Social Research <noun>:

the application of philosophy to social issues

VTSR <acronym>:

an independent research center founded in Vermont,

for education beyond the boundaries of the nation-state

VERMONT CENTER

FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH


October 22 — Hannah Arendt’s ‘Personal Responsibility under Dictatorship‘ (1964)

a community discussion in Montpelier

Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Concept of History
walter benjamin, theses on the philosophy of history

Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.

John Dewey, Democracy and Education, 1915 (Vermont Philosopher)