Monogamy, Sex, War and More: Is There a Natural Human Behavior? (Repeat with changes)

Course | Available

Penn State York, 1031 Edgecomb Avenue York, PA 17403-3398 United States

Main Classroom Bldg, Conference Center, 31 B and C

Members and nonmembers

5/16/2024-5/23/2024

1:00 PM-2:30 PM EDT on Th

$40.00

$16.00

Join us for a provocative, mind-expanding look at things that we unconsciously assume to be universally true. Explore how the natural way that humans behave may, in fact, be only a product of our unconscious incorporation of a culture responding to human innovation, as an example, the development of agriculture. Assumptions that are made about the certitude and inevitability of monogamy, gender roles, gender equity, selfishness, and armed conflict may not be either certain or inevitable. Based on the writings of Yuval Noah Harari, Esther Perel, Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha, and others. 

Josh Hooper is executive director emeritus of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (PERC), of which Penn State is a member institution. Prior to joining PERC, Josh worked in marketing, broadcasting, filmmaking and theater, both behind the scenes and as a performer, including at WGAL-TV’s PM Magazine, which he hosted. He did graduate work as a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory. He has taught two other classes for OLLI: one about the Climate Crisis and another called Monogamy, Sex, and War. Although not a devotee of musicals, he is a rabid fan of Hamilton.