The Reith Lectures Podcast
Significant international thinkers deliver the 成人快手's flagship annual lecture series
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Control and Initiative: Their Respective Spheres—Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Sun 23 Jan 1949
5/6 Bertrand Russell considers the roles of state control in a progressive society.
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The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature—Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Sun 16 Jan 1949
4/6 Bertrand Russell considers the role of human nature in the development of society.
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The Role of Individuality—Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Sun 9 Jan 1949
3/6 Bertrand Russell argues for the importance of individual initiative in a community.
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Social Cohesion and Government—Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Sun 2 Jan 1949
2/6 Bertrand Russell examines the effects of increasing state control.
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Social Cohesion and Human Nature—Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Boxing Day 1948
1/6 In the inaugural Reith lecture, Bertrand Russell examines the impulses in human nature.
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