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Lecture 6: Democratic Form
This lecture draws together the findings of the first five lectures to paint a different picture from the rationalist, transcendentalist, idealist, and universalist depiction of “Plato’s Theory of Forms” that dominates the history of political thought. Analyzing the co-implications of eidos, usually translated as “Form,” with eidos as a “look” or “shape” grasped by the senses, the lecture develops an account of democratic form that inhabits the spaces of opinion, appearance, and practice explored in the preceding lectures.
Date:
3 March 2026, 17:00
Venue:
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details:
South School
Speaker:
Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Part of:
Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2026: The Shape of Democracy
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Belinda Clark
