John Gray on the US Election and a World After Liberalism, Part One
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm Producer Mia Sorrenti. We're speaking to you on Wednesday, November the 6th, and Donald Trump has just been announced as the winner of the US presidential election. His re-election is a pivotal moment in US politics, and one with potentially profound implications for the rest of the world, too. Some have even suggested that the US might be experiencing the collapse of liberal democracy itself. Such a historic moment requires some big picture thinking to cut through the noise and make sense of how we got here. Our guest on the podcast today is John Gray, the renowned philosopher whose ideas often examine the idea of liberalism and ask whether its future is assured. His latest book is The New Leviathans. Thoughts after liberalism, which analyses liberalism through the lens of both classic thinkers such as Thomas Hobbs, and also current events such as the US election. This recording was made just a few hours ago, on Tuesday, Nov the fifth. Election Day in the US. At Symphonia Smith Square in Westminster.
We won't pretend that by the time it reaches your ears that everything we accepted as the norm yesterday still stands today. That's politics and perhaps liberalism in action. Joining John Gray for this conversation is Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, and author of Disorder Hard Times in the Twenty First Century. This recording is in three parts. Intelligent Squared Premium subscribers can get early access to part two and our members only part three. Straight away. Head to intelligence square dot com forward slash membership to find out more, or hit the IQ two extra button on Apple. Now let's join our host, Helen Thompson, live on stage with John Gray.
It's my great pleasure to be here this evening with you all to talk to John Gray. Um John, I think it's fair to say is one of the most important public intellectuals in this country. He was at the London School of Economics for ten years, from ninety seven to two thousand and seven, as professor of
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