Joy Connolly, “The Life of Roman Republicanism”

Joy Connolly (NHC Trustee), President, American Council of Learned Societies A distinguished classics scholar as well as an accomplished academic administrator, Connolly argues in her most recent book, “The Life of Roman Republicanism” that “Cicero, Sallust, and Horace inspire fresh thinking about central concerns of contemporary political thought and action” including the role conflict plays in the political community, the conditions needed to promote an equal and just society, citizens’ interdependence on one another for senses of selfhood, and the uses and dangers of self-sovereignty and fantasy. Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jco7B37Gxyg https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/virtual-book-club-the-life-of-roman-republicanism/