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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 112 days 19 hours 29 minutes
The End of Religious Freedom and the Return of Religious Influence [Audio]
Speaker(s): John Milbank | After the collapse of modern quasi-religions, religions themselves have been ideologised, while at the same time atheism has become a politics and genuine religious elements challenge secular legitimacy. Once religion returns to influence, liberal religious tolerance is exposed as an attempt to marginalise religion. Decisions about what type and range of religion to allow and favour, if any at all, have now become inescapable...
Music and the Absolute [Audio]
Speaker(s): Nimrod Borenstein and Professor Adrian Moore | In the film Amadeus, Mozart remarks that ‘his composition has the exact amount of notes’, hinting at some kind of Absolute. For contemporary composer Nimrod Borenstein, there is only one solution: the right number of notes at the right place, as if his music had always existed. Are there philosophical arguments that support such claims? We bring together a composer, a pianist, a piano, and a philosopher to explore this question...
Stale Crimes [Audio]
Speaker(s): Antje du Bois-Pedain, Richard Scorer and Professor Phil Scraton | Although civil law claims are subject to some temporal constraints, when it comes to criminal offences there is generally no limitation to prosecution and trial...
The Quito Papers: towards the open city [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Ricky Burdett, Professor Saskia Sassen and Professor Richard Sennett | This film screening and discussion aims to disseminate the ideas of the newly authored "Quito Papers" beyond UN-Habitat's Habitat III conference and to launch Theatrum Mundi and the Kaifeng Foundation's short film that has been adapted from the text. Ricky Burdett (@BURDETTR) is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities. Saskia Sassen (@SaskiaSassen) is the Robert S...
Inclusive Prosperity: making it possible [Audio]
Speaker(s): Tharman Shanmugaratnam | Inclusive growth has to be at the centre of our agenda, if we are to avoid the continued unravelling of the social compacts that have underpinned an era of open economies. It will require new strategies, redefining the role of government and reinvigorating the politics of the centre. There is also something to be learnt from international experience...
LSE Night of Ideas | Session 8 | Citizens of Nowhere, Citizenship and Transnationalism [Audio]
Speaker(s): Simon Glendinning, Nancy Green and Pap Ndiaye | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth...
LSE Night of Ideas | Session 7 | Democracy Now, European Ideas and Ideals [Audio]
Speaker(s): Christophe Charle, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Laurent Jeanpierre and Ludovic Frobert | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth...
LSE Night of Ideas | Session 5 | Citizens of Nowhere, Constitutions under Stress [Audio]
Speaker(s): Jo Murkens, Scot Peterson, Nicolas Roussellier and Richard Toye | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth...
LSE Night of Ideas | Session 4 | Democracy Now, Open Cities, World Cities [Audio]
Speaker(s): Richard Sennett, David Mangin, Martine Drozdz and Barbara Lipietz | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth...
LSE Night of Ideas | Session 3 | Changing Narratives, Enlightenment Memories [Audio]
Speaker(s): David Reynolds, Florence Robine, Rotraud von Kulessa and Lea Ypi | Hosted by the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of a worldwide series of events coordinated by the Institut français, the Night of Ideas will bring together leading researchers from France, the UK and Europe to discuss changing ideas of democracy, citizenship, and truth...