Video Galleries

Welcome to the Ikeda Center video page, which we launched in October 2010. Our first videos featured Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman talking about some of John Dewey's core ideas. Each section contains multiple clips. Explore and enjoy.

Lou Marinoff: The Power of Philosophy

The day after speaking at an Ikeda Center event celebrating the publication of The Inner Philosopher, which he co-authored with Daisaku Ikeda, Dr. Marinoff spoke with us about philosophy's transformative power.
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Marinoff, Dillard, and Lerner: Cultivating the Greater Self

At the 2011 Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue, Lou Marinoff, Ann Dillard, and Bernice Lerner spoke on the topic of "the greater self."
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Judith Thompson: Social Healing and the Greater Self

In July 2011, Dr. Judith Thompson, Co-Director of the Social Healing Project, talked with us about how the lens of social healing encourages an expansive sense of self and community.
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Vincent Harding: The Meaning of the Democratic Spirit in Our Time

In Nov. 2010, historian Vincent Harding reflected on the many dimensions of the democratic spirit. He draws upon his experience as friend and confidant of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Larry Hickman and Jim Garrison: John Dewey's Vision of Peace, Democracy, and Education

Dewey scholars Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman sat down with us in early October 2010 to discuss Dewey's perspective on democracy, education, peacebuilding, American Exceptionalism, and the interaction of ends and means in the quest for social progress.
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