A special live edition recorded in front of an audience in Cambridge: David talks to writer, broadcaster, academic and politician Michael Ignatieff about his personal experiences of democratic politics. From his bruising time as Liberal party leader in Canada to his recent confrontations with the Orban government in Hungary, from climate change to populism, from Johnson to Trump, we discuss what's happened to democracy and where he sees the grounds for hope. A wide-ranging conversation about the good and the bad of contemporary politics.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Michael’s book, Fire and Ashes, Success and Failure in PoliticsOur episode with Roberto Foa on his new report on global satisfaction with democracy Max Weber’s essay, “Politics as a Vocation”Isaiah Berlin, The Sense of Reality: Studies in Ideas and their HistoryFurther Learning:
More on Orban and the Central European UniversityMore on the Centre for the Future of DemocracyDavid’s book on political hypocrisyHow wealthy countries export their wasteAnd as ever, recommended reading curated by our friends at the LRB can be found here: lrb.co.uk/talking
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