How political idealism threatens our civilisation

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13 November 2009Professor Kenneth Minogue, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, London School of Economics speaks about the way in which Enlightenment thinkers characterised the world as an imperfect society needing reform by political ideolgy.

This presentation took place at the Centre for Independent Studies on 29 October 2009, and included a response by CIS research fellow, Oliver Hartwich.

 

 

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