The Reith Lectures
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Society & Culture
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The inaugural Reith Lecturer is the philosopher, mathematician, and social reformer Bertrand Russell. One of the founders of analytic philosophy and a Nobel Laureate, he is the author of Principia Mathematica, and the bestselling History of Western Philosophy, written in 1946. His Reith lecture series is entitled 'Authority and the Individual'.
In his second lecture, entitled 'Social Cohesion and Government', he examines how forms of social cohesion have developed throughout history and considers the effects of increasing state control, as exemplified by Soviet Russia.
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304 - Social Cohesion and Government Sun, 02 Jan 1949
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303 - Social Cohesion and Human Nature Fri, 24 Dec 1948
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302 - The Global Story: How artificial intelligence could upend 2024’s many elections Tue, 09 Jan 2024
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301 - 4. The Future of Prosperity Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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300 - 3. The Future of Solidarity Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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299 - 2. The Future of Security Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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298 - 1. The Future of Democracy Fri, 01 Dec 2023
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297 - 4. Freedom from Fear Wed, 21 Dec 2022
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296 - 3. Freedom from Want Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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295 - 2. Rhyddid i Addoli Wed, 07 Dec 2022
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294 - 2. Freedom of Worship Wed, 07 Dec 2022
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293 - 1. Freedom of Speech Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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292 - AI: A Future for Humans Wed, 22 Dec 2021
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291 - AI in the economy Wed, 15 Dec 2021
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290 - AI in warfare Wed, 08 Dec 2021
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289 - The Biggest Event in Human History Wed, 01 Dec 2021
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288 - From Climate Crisis to Real Prosperity Wed, 23 Dec 2020
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287 - From Covid Crisis to Renaissance Wed, 16 Dec 2020
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286 - From Credit Crisis to Resilience Wed, 09 Dec 2020
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285 - From Moral to Market Sentiments Wed, 02 Dec 2020
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284 - Shifting the Foundations Tue, 18 Jun 2019
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283 - Rights and the Ideal Constitution Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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282 - Human Rights and Wrongs Tue, 04 Jun 2019
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281 - In Praise of Politics Tue, 28 May 2019
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280 - Law's Expanding Empire Tue, 21 May 2019
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279 - War's Fatal Attraction Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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278 - Managing the Unmanageable Tue, 17 Jul 2018
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277 - Civilians and War Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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276 - Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior Tue, 03 Jul 2018
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275 - War and Humanity Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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274 - Reith Revisited: Angela Stent on George Kennan Fri, 29 Sep 2017
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273 - Reith Revisited: Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner Thu, 28 Sep 2017
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272 - Reith Revisited: Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer Wed, 27 Sep 2017
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271 - Reith Revisited: Anand Menon on Robert Birley Wed, 27 Sep 2017
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270 - Reith Revisited: Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell Wed, 27 Sep 2017
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269 - Adaptation Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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268 - Can These Bones Live? Tue, 04 Jul 2017
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267 - Silence Grips the Town Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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266 - The Iron Maiden Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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265 - The Day Is for the Living Tue, 13 Jun 2017
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264 - Culture Tue, 08 Nov 2016
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263 - Colour Tue, 01 Nov 2016
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262 - Country Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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261 - Creed Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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260 - Black holes ain't as black as they are painted Tue, 02 Feb 2016
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259 - Do black holes have no hair? Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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258 - The Idea of Wellbeing Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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257 - The Problem of Hubris Tue, 09 Dec 2014
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256 - The Century of the System Tue, 02 Dec 2014
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255 - Why Do Doctors Fail? Tue, 25 Nov 2014
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