The History of Ideas Podcast. Every Wednesday and Sunday with David Runciman. Wherever you get your podcasts.
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David Walter Runciman, 4th Viscount Runciman of Doxford, is an English academic and podcaster who until 2024 taught politics and history at the University of Cambridge, where he was Professor of Politics. From October 2014 to October 2018 he was also head of the Department of Politics and International Studies. In April 2024 he decided to resign his position at the university to focus on his podcast full-time. He was subsequently made Honorary Professor of Politics. .. more
For the 1st in a new series exploring the future that faces us all, David talks to S. M. Amadae about what nuclear weapons & the prospect of nuclear war have done to the human condition. Was 1945 the decisive watershed in the history of humanity?
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In today’s PPF+ bonus David talks to Paul Sagar about how individual experiences shape our political and philosophical outlooks. Does good luck or bad luck change how we might feel about politics? And what really matters?
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In today’s episode David and Paul Sagar explore the ideas of two late-twentieth-century thinkers - Bernard Williams and Judith Shklar. Is the fundamental political question about how to achieve the best or is it about how to avoid the worst?
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In the third part of our series David and Paul Sagar explore what the German writer and sociologist Max Weber can teach us about the pitfalls of political life and political philosophy. Why is doing politics so hard?
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In the second episode in our short series about how the history of ideas can help with the deepest puzzles of politics, David talks to political theorist Paul Sagar about the eighteenth-century polymath Adam Smith.
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Working my mind and body together.
I think that would please Juvenal.
“Mens sana in corpore sano”.
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Working my mind and body together.
I think that would please Juvenal.
“Mens sana in corpore sano”.
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Today we begin a new series asking why contemporary political philosophy struggles to make sense of the deepest problems of politics and exploring how the history of ideas might help. Political theorist Paul Sagar suggests we start with Aristotle.
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On that, can I take a moment to recommend his superb Past Present Future podcast. If you’re interested in the history and philosophy of ideas, it can’t be bettered
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Is Starmer’s lack of self-awareness to blame for his plummeting popularity?
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From historic win to record low polling, how has it gone so wrong, so fast, for Starmer?
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What can behavioural science tell us about how juries make decisions?
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What can behavioural science tell us about how juries make decisions?
What can we learn from the history of the jury system?
Join our online panel to explore all this & more on Tuesday 3 February 12:00. All welcome!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...