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The Lost Words
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The Malaise of Modernity
In his 1991 CBC Massey Lectures, philosopher Charles Taylor elucidates the modern concept of self-fulfilment.
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The Munk Debates
A timely and provocative exploration of major political, social, and cultural issues in the form of debates by the world's leading thinkers.
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The Myth of Ability
John Mighton’s revolutionary bestselling guide to how every child can learn math through his groundbreaking JUMP program.
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The Politics of the Family
In his 1968 CBC Massey Lectures R. D. Laing discusses how and why we value society's notions of family over our own.
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The Real World of Democracy
In his 1964 CBC Massey Lectures C. B. MacPherson examines rival ideas of democracy and their impact on each other.
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The Real World of Technology
In this expanded version of her 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, scientist and activist Ursula M. Franklin explores the impact of technology upon our lives.
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{"id":6815264178235,"title":"The Return of History","handle":"the-return-of-history","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History,” which argued that the demise of confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signalled the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural and political evolution, and the path toward a more peaceful world. 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But a quarter of a century after Fukuyama’s bold prediction, history has returned: arbitrary executions, attempts to annihilate ethnic and religious minorities, the starvation of besieged populations, invasion and annexation of territory, and the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons. It has also witnessed cracks and cleavages within Western liberal democracies as a result of deepening economic inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of History \u003c\/i\u003eargues that our own liberal democratic society was not inevitable, but that we must all, as individual citizens, take a more active role in its preservation and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Return of History
A timely and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics by Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General Jennifer Welsh.
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The Rights Revolution
In his 2000 CBC Massey Lectures, Michael Ignatieff confronts controversial human rights questions and defends the individualism of rights language.
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The Rise of Populism
The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.
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The Rivers North of the Future
David Cayley compiles Ivan Illich's moving and insightful thoughts concerning the fate of the Christian Gospel.
