Ideas Matter: ‘The Stonewall Phenomenon: takeover of the institutions?’

2021-12-07

From the series ‘The elite: old and new’, theme of the boi charity’s event The Academy, held online in November 2021. From arguments in museums about the status of colonial-era collections to the proliferation of ever more expansive diversity policies in public service organisations, major institutions are at the forefront of the culture wars. What can controversies such as Stonewall’s involvement at the BBC, and the new elite activism of organisations such as the National Trust and Civil Service...

From the series ‘The elite: old and new’, theme of the boi charity’s event The Academy, held online in November 2021.

From arguments in museums about the status of colonial-era collections to the proliferation of ever more expansive diversity policies in public service organisations, major institutions are at the forefront of the culture wars. What can controversies such as Stonewall’s involvement at the BBC, and the new elite activism of organisations such as the National Trust and Civil Service tell us about the changing face of major institutions and how power operates today?

Lecture by Claire Fox, director, Academy of Ideas; independent peer, House of Lords

THE ACADEMY ONLINE IV: The elite: old and new
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ASSOCIATED READING / LISTENING

READ: Christopher Lasch, The Revolt of the Elite and the Betrayal of the Democracy https://amzn.to/3otpVmk
LISTEN: Nolan Investigates: Stonewall – BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09yjp0d

THE ACADEMY
In the context of today’s instrumental approaches to knowledge, The Academy summer school is a modest attempt to demonstrate the value of scholarship, and of the worth of the university as a place of free enquiry dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

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