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Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument?

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Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
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Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day.
Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".

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Series
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
People
Mark Thompson
Keywords
arts
tv
media
bbc
television
broadcasting
new york times
oxford
news
humanitas
Department: Humanities Division
Date Added: 15/11/2012
Duration: 01:00:08

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