How the World Thinks
Julian Baggini
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
2:00pm
1 hour
Oxford Martin School: Lecture Theatre
£7 - £12.50
Popular philosopher Julian Baggini looks at philosophers outside the western world and considers what we can learn from them about their cultures and about ourselves.
Baggini had only studied western philosophers but travelled to Japan, China, India and others in what he describes as one of the most rewarding intellectual journeys of his life. His journey led him to consider questions such as why importing democracy to totalitarian states rarely works and why aid projects in Africa fail, and to examine the overemphasis on individualistic ideas in the west.
Baggini has written many books of popular philosophy including The Pig that Wants to be Eaten, Do They Think You’re Stupid?, The Ego Trick, The Virtues of the Table, and Freedom Regained. He writes for national newspapers and magazines and appears on national radio and television programmes.
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