Freedom of the individual

Freedom of the individual is a short film from 1959 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

Rabi and Viereck join Louis Lyons to discuss the freedom of the individual with their emphasis on the scientist and the artist. They agree there is no great cause for concern over the freedom today of...

Freedom of the individual
Release date	1959

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Summary

Rabi and Viereck join Louis Lyons to discuss the freedom of the individual with their emphasis on the scientist and the artist. They agree there is no great cause for concern over the freedom today of the scientist or artist in terms of the freedoms and that they gain these freedoms through laws which bind them in their own professions. Included in the program is a spirited debate on scientific achievement and the necessity to combat mass determination of taste, particularly in the mass communications. Guests are Isidor I. Rabi, Higgins Professor of Physics, Columbia University;Nobel Prize winner in physics, 1944 and Peter Viereck, poet, professor of history, Mount Holyoke College;Pulitzer poet, 1949.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:29:37)

16mm

IUL Genres

IUL Subject

Freedom

Intellectual freedom

Freedom of expression.

Full Title (usually this is the same as above)

Freedom of the individual