TEDxWrigleyville 2020 Theme: “Humanity, a View From Inside the Pandemic,” filmed inside Wrigley Field (Chicago) amidst civil unrest and with full compliance of Covid-19 related quarantine restrictions.
Professor Joshua Kleinfeld taps in to the truth that this pandemic goes beyond a public health crisis to also serve as a test of our form of government. In times of disaster, are authoritarian regimes more effective than democracies? As the world watches the battle between the two, Professor Kleinfeld sets out the steps necessary for democracy to prevail despite disaster.
Joshua Kleinfeld is a professor of law and philosophy at Northwestern University. His work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy, particularly in criminal law, where he is a founding figure in the movement to democratize American criminal justice. He received the Paul M. Bator Award, given annually to one legal scholar under the age of 40 for excellence in scholarship, teaching, and public impact.
In philosophy, Kleinfeld’s research focuses on the idea of “embodied ethical life,” as developed in the socio-theoretic tradition of Hegel, Weber, and Durkheim. In criminal law and procedure, Kleinfeld has developed a theory known as “reconstructivism,” which holds that the chief office of criminal law is not to dole out retributive justice, nor to optimize crime and cost control, but to reconstruct a violated normative order in the wake of a crime. Kleinfeld is also involved in practical criminal justice reform. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Democracy and the Pandemic | Joshua Seth Kleinfeld | TEDxWrigleyville