UWA Extension

Humans are evolved animals, with goals and traits shaped by natural selection. Males attract mates by signalling their wealth and status through conspicuous consumption. We show altruism towards our friends and families.We make errors and have biases that make us less than perfectly rational. We will consider how evolution has shaped a human animal very different to the one studied by most economists. Economists traditionally assume that humans are rational maximising machines. Yet ... [More]

During the Nazi reign in Germany thousands of pieces of art and millions of books were destroyed and artists considered entartet (degenerate) by the Nazi leaders were persecuted.This course will analyse the devastating consequences of the Nazi ideology on German art and explore the subsequent emergence of artistic values based on the Nazi conception of mankind. The Nazi government was willing to exterminate all “degenerate” humans, such as Jews, communists, homosexuals, and others w... [More]

They are tales of stubbornness, obsessiveness, revenge and merciless condemnation. And it’s not the 6 o’clock news! Conundrums of classical literature will be investigated with light-hearted seriousness, so bring your ideas, values, questions and furiously defended opinions and let’s put them up for lively discussion. Have you ever wondered why Oedipus was so stubborn? Was his relentless quest for the truth concerning Laius' death a legitimate endeavour, or mere obsessiveness? Or wh... [More]

A journey to discover wisdom and timeless images through Spiritual India and Mystical Greece. A unique 15-day tour Sunday 29 September to Sunday 13 October 2013. Join Ron Cacioppe and Nick Melidonis on a spiritual and photographic journey in myth- laden Greece and incredible India. Nick and Ron, friends and colleagues for many years, are bringing their many years of experience and passion for philosophy and spiritual teaching and the capturing of iconic images from two of the most v... [More]