Ideas Matter: Old Roots of the New Disorder – Academy 2022 teaser

The theme of this year's The Academy, the weekend residential
summer school, is ‘Old Roots of the New Disorder’. The event
takes place on 16/17 July.


In this special podcast, The Academy convenor Jacob Reynolds
talks to Professor Frank Furedi, keynote lecturer, about why at a
time when the global geo-political and economic crisis afflicts
all dimensions of human existence, The Academy represents an
opportunity to gain clarity about our predicament.


With the shake-up in geopolitics, we put current events in
context through a weekend of lectures and discussions. We’ll look
to history, literature and philosophy and feature plenary
discussions on the origins and breakdown of the post-Cold War era
and fatalism and the challenges to agency today. There will also
be discussions on history and literature from the Battle of
Marathon and the Hungarian Revolution to Ulysses and the
modernist solution to Houellebecq and the misery of
post-Modernism.


Bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, this is an
unmissable event for all those who want to get to grips with a
changing world.  If you’d like to join us for a weekend of
stimulating debate in a beautiful location, book your tickets
here