Ideas Matter: ‘Globalism and the challenge to the international elite’

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


In recent years, populist movements have thrived on a sense of
anger at global elites who have distanced themselves from
political control by their own national populations. The
coronavirus pandemic has further served to suggest that the
global system is extremely fragile. Yet, as betrayed by the likes
of COP26 conference on climate change, the appetite for
supranational decision-making is as strong as ever. This lecture
examines the ‘globalist’ elite and their political culture of
supranationalism, and asks what are its prospects are in a
post-populist and post-pandemic world.


Lecture by Bruno Waterfield, Brussels correspondent, The Times


THE ACADEMY ONLINE IV: The elite: old and new To view the full
programme and some suggested background reading to the talks,
please visit  https://theboi.co.uk/academy-online-iv  


ASSOCIATED READING / LISTENING


For this lecture you may wish to read:-


READ: Phil Mullan, Beyond Confrontation: Globalists,
Nationalists and Their Discontents https://amzn.to/3dCspbF

READ: Hannah Arendt, Truth and Politics, The New Yorker, 1967
https://bit.ly/3GADGpd



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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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