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EI Weekly Listen - Maurizio Viroli on the virtues of the city-state
The early modern Italian republics are often portrayed as models of bad government. But the fusion of civic humanism and Christianity they championed…
4 years, 3 months ago
Worldview - what is the future of the West?
Episode 42
Iain Martin is joined by leading security and international relations experts to discuss the legacy of 9/11, the future of Western-led interventions …
4 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen - Robin Lane Fox on nationalism in the classical world
Nationalism is often thought of as a modern development - but its traces can be found in antiquity. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.c…
4 years, 3 months ago
EI Weekly Listen - Hew Strachan on the cost of the 1918-19 pandemic
The influenza pandemic behaved much like the conflict itself - picking out the young and fit before their time. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engel…
4 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Alexander Lee on Machiavelli and civil strife
Niccolo Machiavelli, Renaissance statesman and political theorist, saw factional politics as essential to the prosperity of the Roman Empire and his …
4 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Adrian Wooldridge on why the West needs Plato more than ever
The Victorians saw Plato's Republic as an indispensable guide to reform of the public sphere - we should follow their lead. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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4 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Richard Whatmore on why revolutions are a disaster
Karl Marx was wrong about revolutions - in practice, they beget Caesars and Napoleons. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/his…
4 years, 4 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Andrew Graham-Dixon on crisis and great art
Episode 36
Social upheaval has often been a catalyst for artistic change - the Renaissance was no exception. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com…
4 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen – Tom Holland on the empty metropolis
Episode 35
Empty city London had its harbingers in literature and history. How will it emerge from its isolation? Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergidea…
4 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen - Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
Episode 34
Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays…
4 years, 5 months ago