A Facade of Unanimity: The Whole versus the Individual

{"title":"A Facade of Unanimity: The Whole versus the Individual","description":"\u003Cp\u003EThis lecture examines Ferdinand Hodler\u2019s 1913 fresco Unanimity and the tension it encodes between collective gesture and individual conscience. Situating the work amid liberal democratic, Jacobin and authoritarian legacies, it investigates the painting\u2019s contested reception \u2014 including its removal in 1914 \u2014 and asks whether Hodler depicted the Reformation as fostering pluralistic deliberation or critiquing enforced unanimity. By tracing links between Protestantism, republicanism and democracy, the talk shows how the Reformation served as a long-term catalyst for political controversy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2027-01-14","end_date":"2027-01-14","date":"Thursday 14 January, 18:30","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20270114T173000Z","timing_end_date":"20270114T200000Z"}]}