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Philosopher-Kings first event: Cruddas

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Jon Cruddas, MP talks about The Good Society

 

On Thursday 10 May, Jon Cruddas will give a lecture entitled The Good Society as part of the new PSI/PHI lecture series – Philosopher Kings? How philosophy informs real politics today. Jon Cruddas is a Labour politician, who is MP for Dagenham.

A response to the talk will be given by UEA’s Dr Liz McKinnell (PHI).

 

The lecture, which is free to attend, will be held in Lecture Theatre 1, UEA at 5.15pm.

 

www.uea.ac.uk/phi/eventsnews/events/jon-cruddas

 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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