logo
episode-header-image
Dec 2012
1h 23m

Rousseau and the State of War

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
About this episode
Contributor(s): Professor Chris Bertram | What can Rousseau’s recently reconstructed fragment Principles of the Right of War tell us about war and “humanitarian intervention” today? Are the principles of just war theory simply a fig leaf for power? Chris Bertram is professor of social and political philosophy at the University of Bristol. 
Up next
Dec 2012
Demystifying the Chinese Economy
Contributor(s): Professor Justin Lin | As a result of the miraculous growth since the market-oriented reform in 1979, China’s status in the global economy has dramatically changed. This speech will reflect on China’s unprecedented growth in the past 32 years, examine the reasons ... Show More
1h 24m
Dec 2012
Visualizing Political Struggle in the Middle East
Contributor(s): Lina Khatib | Marking the publication of Lina Khatib's latest book Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle, this lecture focuses on the evolution of political expression and activism in the Middle East over the past decade, ... Show More
46m 27s
Dec 2012
Can we learn from History?
Contributor(s): Andrew Marr | Andrew Marr is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He hosts the Sunday morning BBC1 programme The Andrew Marr Show as well as BBC Radio 4's Start the Week every Monday. He wrote and presented his own History of Modern Britain and The Making of Mode ... Show More
1h 25m
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2023
Michael Willis on Recent Developments in the Maghreb
Michael Willis joins Almanac to discuss his new book, Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak, recent developments in Tunisia and Morocco, and why studying the area “West of Cairo” is of critical importance to Middle East Studies. 
34m 23s
Aug 2024
Lessons in Decolonization From North Africa's Global Thinkers | Idriss Jebari
<p>What does it mean to decolonize our thinking? In this episode of the afikra podcast, we chat with Idriss Jebari, assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, and discuss language, colonialism and 20th century North Africa. Tracking the transformation of North African countri ... Show More
57m 28s
Sep 2023
The Algerian Revolution I (1954-65): Decolonization, Self-Management and Internationalism
tail spinning
1h 16m
Jun 1993
Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
<p>This year's Reith lecturer is the Palestinian American academic, political activist, and literary critic Edward Said. He joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1963 where he is now Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Regarded as one of the founders of post-c ... Show More
29m 46s
Apr 2022
JILL JARVIS | Aesthetics and Politics of North Africa | Conversations
<p>Jill Jarvis talked about the aesthetics and politics of North Africa and her book “Decolonizing Memory: Algeria and the Politics of Testimony.” </p><p>Jill Jarvis specializes in the aesthetics and politics of North Africa. Her forthcoming book, Decolonizing Memory : Algeria an ... Show More
30m 39s
Oct 2014
Opening of the conference
Dr Michael Willis, Director of the Middle East Centre, and Mohamed Salah-Omri, Associate Professor at St John’s College introduce The Tunisian Revolution: Origins, Course and Aftermath 
13m 37s
Nov 2023
BENJAMIN BROWER | France’s Colonial Violence in the Algerian Sahara | Conversations
<p>Colonial violence, resistance movements and French-colonial Algeria. Professor Benjamin Brower explains the ways in which violence is conceptualized, treating it as a historic lens to understand colonial events in the past and what is happening right now in Palestine. </p><p>T ... Show More
1h 4m
Listen to millions of songs and podcasts on Anghami