This term’s eight sessions will feature selections from Imperfect Ideal: Utopian and Dystopian Visions. These readings illustrate the best and worst of what can happen when we attempt to mold the complex communities in which we live into our vision of a perfect state. These sessions will challenge readers to question how society should be structured and governed, as well as consider what kinds of communities are most conducive to human fulfillment, both privately and in the civic arena. Authors featured include Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Theodor Herzl, Oscar Wilde and Vladimir Lenin and others.
Corrine Egan has served as Executive Director for the NW PA Labor-Management Council and director of Special Events and Community Education at Mercyhurst University. She graduated from Mercyhurst with a business degree in 1980. She has served on the Board of Trustees for Metro Health Center, as a commissioner for the NW Regional Planning Commission, and is a past member of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women.