9 Podcast Episodes
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
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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
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49mins
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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51mins