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CULTURAL IMPERIALISM
An empire rests on many things: powerful armies, good administration and strong leadership, but perhaps its greatest weapon lies in the domain of culture.
Culture governs every aspect of our lives: our dress sense and manners, our art and architecture, our education, law and philosophy. To govern culture, it seems, is to govern the world.
But what is cultural imperialism? Can it be distinguished from cultural influence? Does it really change the way we think and should we try to prevent it even if it does?
Guests
Linda Colley
School Professor of History, London School of Economics
Phillip Dodd
Director, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Mary Beard
Reader in Classics, Cambridge University and author of The Parthenon.
Next week: Freedom
Humans have always voiced a desire to be free but have rarely agreed on what freedom means. For the Greeks it was found in reason and for the Christian Church free will was a gift which paved the way to heaven or hell. The American revolution was undertaken in the name of Liberty but for Sartre true freedom was a frightening and powerful condition. Today it underpins democratic principles like freedom of speech but what is it to be free and what should we do when our freedoms collide? Guests: John Keane, Bernard Williams and Annabel Brett.
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