Richard Whatmore

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EI Weekly Listen – Richard Whatmore on why revolutions are a disaster

EI Weekly Listen – Richard Whatmore on why revolutions are a disaster

Karl Marx was wrong about revolutions - in practice, they beget Caesars and Napoleons. Read by Leighton Pugh. https://e... Read more

13 Aug 2021

22mins

Richard Whatmore - The End of Enlightenment: A synopsis of the 2019 Carlyle Lectures

Richard Whatmore - The End of Enlightenment: A synopsis of the 2019 Carlyle Lectures

Richard Whatmore (St Andrews) delivered this talk at the University of St Andrews on April 3, 2019. The talk was based o... Read more

19 Dec 2019

49mins

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Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 17mins

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 17mins

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Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 17mins

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

Richard Whatmore, "Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans: The Genevans and the Irish in Time of Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2019)

In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 17mins

Richard Whatmore - Truth and Democracy roundtable (19/9/2017)

Richard Whatmore - Truth and Democracy roundtable (19/9/2017)

Richard Whatmore, Professor of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews, takes us back to Adam Smith and Dav... Read more

4 Sep 2018

19mins

Richard Whatmore - Scotland, Europe and the End of Enlightenment

Richard Whatmore - Scotland, Europe and the End of Enlightenment

Why did so many European luminaries who had lived through the turmoil of the French Revolution turn to Scotland as a sta... Read more

22 Nov 2017

56mins

Richard Whatmore - Democracy and Empire

Richard Whatmore - Democracy and Empire

One of the great surprises of modern thought is the survival of democracy. Today the victory of democracy continues to b... Read more

5 Mar 2013

51mins

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