The Crisis of the West | Gita Sahgal, Philip Collins, Kwasi Kwarteng

Philosophy For Our Times

English - September 29, 2016 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now we seem on the back foot, unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the values and importance of our ideals? Or is the age of the West at an end?

Eminent Indian activist Gita Sahgal, Tony Blair's former Chief Speechwriter Philip Collins, and Conservative politician and author of Ghosts of Empire Kwasi Kwarteng dispute the world's future.

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