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Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS

A new series of talks by David Runciman, in which he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock down. Plus, he talks about the crises – revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics – that generated these new ways of political thinking. From the team that brought you Talking Politics: a history of ideas to help make sense of what’s happening today.


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History of Ideas Q and A

May 8, 2021
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Shklar on Hypocrisy

Apr 20, 2021
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Nozick on Utopia

Apr 13, 2021
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Rawls on Justice

Apr 6, 2021
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De Beauvoir on the Other

Mar 30, 2021
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Schumpeter on Democracy

Mar 23, 2021
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Schmitt on Friend vs Enemy

Mar 16, 2021
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Luxemburg on Revolution

Mar 9, 2021
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Nietzsche on Morality

Mar 2, 2021
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Butler on Machines

Feb 23, 2021
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Douglass on Slavery

Feb 16, 2021
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Bentham on Pleasure

Feb 9, 2021
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Rousseau on Inequality

Feb 2, 2021
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Q & A with David

Jul 3, 2020
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Fukuyama on History

May 25, 2020
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MacKinnon on Patriarchy

May 22, 2020
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Fanon on Colonialism

May 18, 2020
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Arendt on Action

May 15, 2020
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Hayek on the Market

May 11, 2020
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Weber on Leadership

May 8, 2020
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Gandhi on self-rule

May 4, 2020
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Marx and Engels on Revolution

May 1, 2020
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Tocqueville on Democracy

Apr 30, 2020
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Constant on Liberty

Apr 29, 2020
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Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics

Apr 28, 2020
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Hobbes on the State

Apr 27, 2020
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Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS

Apr 20, 2020