JOHNSON CITY – Terrorism, war, humanitarian intervention and other timely topics will be covered in an upcoming series of shows in "Ideas and Issues," a weekly interview program on WETS-FM (89.5), East Tennessee State University's National Public Radio affiliate station.
These discussions are part of the year-long "Ideas and Issues" series on "Citizen, State, and World," which features guests discussing the nature of citizenship, the status of nations, and our international responsibilities in an increasingly globalized world. "Ideas and Issues" airs each Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and is hosted by Dr. Hugh LaFollette, a professor in the ETSU department of philosophy and humanities.
"Adversarial Relations Between Governments" is the third of four sub-series in the program's year-long focus on "Citizen, State and World." Programs in this sub-series run from Jan. 20-March 10, followed by the final sub-series, "International Justice," which will run from March 17-May 19.
The first show in this sub-series on Jan. 20 features Sidney Weintraub, holder of the William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who will discuss economic sanctions. Nuclear proliferation is the topic of the second show on Jan. 27, with guest Joseph Circincione, director of the Non-proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Humanitarian intervention is the focus of the third and fourth shows, which feature Princeton University government professor Charles Beitz on Feb. 3 and University of Pittsburgh law professor Jules Lobel on Feb. 10.
War will be discussed on Feb. 17 by Bill Hawk, a philosophy faculty member at James Madison University.
Jordan Peterson, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, Canada, will examine the psychology of terrorism on Feb. 25, followed by a second show on terrorism on March 3 with guest Douglas Lackey of the department of philosophy at the City University of New York.
The final show in this sub-series focuses on emotions in a time of crisis. This show on March 10 features guest Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at The Law School of the University of Chicago.
Lists of current and previous guests, as well as RealAudio copies of more than 50 previous shows, is available online at www.etsu.edu/philos/wets.htm. The show can now be heard by anyone in the world with a computer, an Internet connection and the free RealAudio player. It is also rebroadcast by KKSR in St. Cloud, Minn.
For more information, contact LaFollette by phone at (423) 439-6625 or by e-mail at lafollet@etsu.edu.