Do we need a martian invasion in order to avoid attacking each other? Is human co-operation possible without external threats? What are the...
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Explanations of enmity: pessimists, optimists and sceptics This lecture explores theories, explanations and justifications of enmity, from...
Demonisation and witch hunts in religion and politics This lecture explores the origins, character and life of political...
Do governments and societies need enemies? This lecture explores the ways in which political enemies are...
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President 1933-1945 - Foreign Policy Elected in the midst of the Great Depression, Roosevelt transformed...
Costing the arms race: drugs, super-bugs and the appliance of science Does the spread of multiply-resistant microbes signal the end of...
Enemies at home: from class war to the war on crime Hostility and demonisation in party political rhetoric in Britain. The...