Open Minds Initiative Panel

Wed Dec 03 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-06:00

N201 Memorial Union | Columbia

Mizzou College of Arts & Science
Publisher/HostMizzou College of Arts & Science
Open Minds Initiative Panel
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Can American Democracy Survive? Political Polarization and the Erosion of Pluralism
This seminar explores how political polarization erodes civic friendship, intellectual humility, and the capacity for pluralism in a democratic society. Political tribes on the left and right increasingly value loyalty and identity over persuasion and principle, threatening the habits of mind and heart required for democratic citizenship. Can Americans recover a shared sense of civic responsibility in an age of mutual mistrust and moral absolutism?
Featuring scholars from the Truman School of Government & Public Affairs and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy: Rudy Hernandez, Scott LaCombe, Charles Zug, Dallas Terry, Brian Kisida.
Complimentary refreshments will be available.
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