Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Miller, Professor of Anthropology at University College London, about his highly original exploration of what life could and should be. It juxtaposes a philosophical enquiry into the nature of the good life with an in-depth study of people living in a small Irish town. Just how much can we learn from a respectful acknowledgment of what far from extraordinary people have achieved? By creating community, they’ve provided the foundation for a fulfilling life, one that is ‘good enough’.
Also, Carol Graham, Director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, argues for the importance of hope - a concept little studied in economics. She argues that individual unhappiness and public policy problems can’t be solved without the belief that we can make things better.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
Heritage and preservation
Sport and Philosophy - Inside an African-Caribbean Football Club
Fashion and class
Doctors at war - Wasting GP's time
Russian prison visitors - prison boundaries
Craft work - 'dirty' work
Insuring against disasters - electronic finance
Drugs in warfare
Elite education
Special programme on winner of Ethnography award
A special programme devoted to the BSA/Thinking Allowed Ethnography Shortlist
Grandfathers - Dementia carers
Teen bedrooms - Skydivers
Money - how to break the power of the banks
Squatting; a cross cultural history. Plus taking ones clothes off in public.
Platform Capitalism
Terrorism: does it work? - The 'Hotline'
Vertical Cities - India's property boom
The brave new world of virtual workers; also globalisation, the old and the new.
Health divides - Counting global health
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