Counterpoint Podcast Series

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The Counterpoint podcast series brings leading thinkers and practitioners from a wide array of fields to discuss some of the most important issues in cultural relations today.

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Latest Podcast: Humanitarianism, global communities and the self, an interview with Bertrand Taithe

Bertrand Taithe

Are we hardwired to be humanitarian? Does the problem of ‘the gift’ produce cultural heirarchies? What is the relationship of colonialism and humanitarianism? What understandings of the self drive humanitarian actions and the way they are received? Is humanitarianism predominantly cosmopolitan or spiritual?

In this podcast Jonny Mundey talks to Bertrand Taithe, professor of cultural history and executive director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, at the University of Manchester. They discuss humanitarianism as a historical phenomenon.

People are far more aware of… subtle differences that emerge culturally, that we shouldn’t take for granted that the person you come to help is like you necessarily, but you should take it for granted that they are as good as you.

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Identities and the self

The 21^st century forces us to live in a perpetual paradox—a world which is increasingly interconnected and interdependent, in which communication is apparently easier and cheaper than ever before, but in which we easily feel vulnerable, incomplete or adrift as individuals—a world in which diversity is often an opportunity but still too often lived as a burden.

Counterpoint is asking: how do we develop a sense of self that simultaneously contributes to a much needed collective capacity? And can we do so?

Identities and the self programme outline

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CounterpointStimulating debate with the British Council