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SUMMARY:Jill Lepore with Peter Sagal: We the People at Chicago Humanities
DESCRIPTION:At a time when many Americans believe the U.S. Constitution to be under threat — but disagree about the nature of that threat — bestselling author and Harvard professor Jill Lepore joins NPR host and civics enthusiast Peter Sagal to ask: Can this Constitution be saved? In We the People\, her new history of the Constitution\, Lepore argues that the Framers never intended for the Constitution to remain untouched\, but rather expected that future generations would be forever tinkering with it and improving the machinery of government. Together\, Lepore and Sagal examine the history of our Constitution\, as written\, as amended and unchanged\, and as interpreted and misinterpreted. Are Americans trapped\, enthralled\, by a Constitution that no longer works? “We must disenthrall ourselves\, and then we shall save our country\,” Lincoln said\, in the midst of the Civil War. What would it mean for Americans to disenthrall themselves today? \nPart of The Sagal Sessions on the U.S. Constitution \nA series of talks\, lectures\, and debates dedicated to the U.S. Constitution\, guest-curated by NPR’s Peter Sagal\, recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States as an independent nation. These “Sagal Sessions on the U.S. Constitution” will investigate the world-historical document’s past\, present\, and future\, with the help of a wide array of historians\, analysts\, scholars\, and more. Among other topics\, they will explore the Constitution’s origins\, innovations and original sins\, the evolutions in its meaning and purpose through crises\, amendments and competing ideologies\, its present day resilience and flaws\, and\, finally\, its uncertain future. These conversations and debates will help to illuminate how the U.S. Constitution was designed\, how it has succeeded\, where it has failed\, and how it may be preserved — as the Framers themselves put it — for ourselves and our posterity.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/jill-lepore-with-peter-sagal-we-the-people-at-chicago-humanities/
LOCATION:Francis W. Parker School\, 330 W Webster Ave\, IL\, 60614\, United States
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