Modernity's Social Imagination: the Birth of the Social Sciences - Josué Reichow - March 16th - Friday Night Lecture

L’Abri Rochester

Modernity's Social Imagination: the Birth of the Social Sciences - Josué Reichow - March 16th - Friday Night Lecture

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In this lecture we explore how the social sciences came to exist both as a response to the changes of the modern world as well as a powerful force in creating it. We will also reflect on how the social sciences create a new social imaginary which has become predominant, not only in academia, but in society at large. After doing so, we will examine the relationship of the social sciences to other fields of knowledge, such as philosophy and theology, and ask the question how Christians should view and interact with it.

Josué Reichow is currently a L'Abri worker in the newest L'Abri work - Brazilian L'Abri South - and a former worker at the English Branch. Associate Fellow for Reformational Philosophy, Cantaro Institute (Canada), Josué is author of 'Reform your mind: the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd' and has a degree in Social Sciences and Philosophy and a master's in Theology.