Ideas Matter: Culture Wars, then and now, episode 1: 'On culture'

This is the introductory podcast to the series 'Culture Wars:
then and now', recorded in 2019 at the summer school The Academy.


The series explores the emergence and evolution of the culture
wars. Lecturers explore the intellectual, cultural, social and
political ideas that shape the culture wars.


LECTURER Angus Kennedy, convenor, The Academy; author, Being
Cultured: in defence of discrimination; co-editor, From Self to
Selfie: a critique of contemporary alienation


Talking Points in this podcast • The Academy, and why we should
value of scholarship, and the pursuit of truth • What is meant by
culture, the role for cultural judgement, and the rise of
non-judgmentalism as a ruling principle in society • An overview
of lectures within the series Culture Wars: then and now


BIBLIOGRAPHY Being Cultured: In Defence of Discrimination, Angus
Kennedy, Societas, 2014


Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged, Roger
Scruton, Brief Encounters, 2007


THE ACADEMY 2019 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. Find out more: https://theboi.co.uk/the-academy


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