Podcasts about Cercles

Après 20 ans passés dans le milieu de l'entreprise, à travailler sur des enjeux de transformation et d'impact, Héloïse Lauret décide de s'engager pleinement auprès des femmes et se lance la mission de déverrouiller le rapport complexe des femmes à la parole. Aujourd'hui fondatrice de Lokaces et de l'association Olympe se Bouge aux côtés d'Alexandra Fougère, elle réinsuffle joie et ambition à toutes celles qui aspirent à mieux (se) dire et mieux (s')écouter, lors d'événements festifs organisés à la Maison de la Conversation à Paris. Un épisode complet qui vous donnera envie (je l'espère), d'utiliser la puissance de votre voix !  J'adresse un immense merci à l'Hôtel Echiquier Opéra Paris Mc Gallery, situé dans le 10e arrondissement à Paris qui nous a accueillies pour l'enregistrement de cet épisode.

Selon la dernière cartographie de la médecine générale réalisée par l'Observatoire de la Santé et du Social (Vivalis), en collaboration avec les Cercles de médecins généralistes bruxellois (FAMGB et BHAK), les médecins généralistes bruxellois sont inégalement répartis sur le territoire, ce en tenant compte des besoins des citoyens. Par ailleurs, la charge de travail des médecins généralistes est impactée par les demandes de consultation de patients non-bruxellois : ceux-ci représentent 18 % des consultations. On en parle avec Jonathan UNGER, chercheur à l'observatoire de la santé et du socia Merci pour votre écoute N'hésistez pas à vous abonner également aux podcasts des séquences phares de Matin Première: L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwPL'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqxL'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQRetrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Retrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous : Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWMELes Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrHLe Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssrEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Après 20 ans passés dans le milieu de l'entreprise, à travailler sur des enjeux de transformation et d'impact, Héloïse Lauret décide de s'engager pleinement auprès des femmes et se lance la mission de déverrouiller le rapport complexe des femmes à la parole. Aujourd'hui fondatrice de Lokaces et de l'association Olympe se Bouge aux côtés d'Alexandra Fougère, elle réinsuffle joie et ambition à toutes celles qui aspirent à mieux (se) dire et mieux (s')écouter, lors d'événements festifs organisés à la Maison de la Conversation à Paris. Un épisode complet qui vous donnera envie (je l'espère), d'utiliser la puissance de votre voix !  J'adresse un immense merci à l'Hôtel Echiquier Opéra Paris Mc Gallery, situé dans le 10e arrondissement à Paris qui nous a accueillies pour l'enregistrement de cet épisode.

Aurélie Scouarnec expose sa série Gwiskañ aux Champs Libres, réalisée dans les coulisses des cercles celtiques bretons. Très intéressée par la méticulosité des gestes de l'habillage et leur transmission, la photographe nous décrypte une de ses images, réalisée en 2023 lors d'un championnat de danses bretonnes. Entre recherche esthétique et témoignage d'un moment intergénérationnel. Crédit image :Saint-Brieuc – Cercle celtique de Saint-Brieuc © Aurélie Scouarnec 2023 www.leschampslibres.fr

Pour le 52e épisode du Podcast Les Mariannes, j'ai l'honneur de recevoir Yaël Braun-Pivet, Présidente de l'Assemblée nationale et première femme de l'Histoire à accéder au Perchoir.

EXTRAIT de l'épisode 52 qui sera publié le 27 février à 6h.Pour le 52e épisode du Podcast Les Mariannes, j'ai l'honneur de recevoir Yaël Braun-Pivet, Présidente de l'Assemblée nationale et première femme de l'Histoire à accéder au Perchoir.

Tu peux directement me texter tes commentaires!Cet épisode explore la transformation personnelle à travers la musique et les cercles vibratoires. Jennifer Miron partage son parcours de planificatrice financière à sorcière bienveillante, illustrant comment la vibration des tambours guérit et unit les gens.Pour rejoindre Jennifer, c'est par ici:www.sorcierebienveillante.com• Voyage de Jennifer : de planificatrice financière à sorcière• Découverte des cercles vibratoires• Fabrication et utilisation du tambour• Impact des soins vibratoires sur les participants• Importance de l'intuition et de l'intention collective• Témoignages de transformation chez les participants• Invitation à jouer et à expérimenter la musique• État d'esprit de lâcher-prise et d'ouverture• Influence des rituels lunaires• Vision d'un avenir vibratoire partagéSi tu désire co-créer un épisode de podcast avec moiwww.karinechampagne.ca/impactPour explorer l'univers de la question:www.karinechampagne.ca Karine Champagne est l'animatrice du podcast Impacter le mondeSa zone de génie: Mettre en lumière le message des entrepreneur.e.sElle donne aussi des formations en habileté de communication, storytelling et en questions.Karine est aussi l'auteure du best seller La poussière peut attendre vendu à 10 000 exemplaires.www.karinechampagne.cawww.karinechampagne.ca/podcastwww.karinechampagne.ca/impact

Dans cet épisode, le psychologue Alexandre Peyré nous présente les cercles d'intégration de la Société Psychédélique Français dédiés aux expériences difficiles. Pour participer à ces cercles, envoyez un mail à cette adresse : integration@societepsychedelique.fr Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

durée : 00:28:29 - A votre service avec Nelly Sorbier et ses experts - Les contes sont bien plus que de simples histoires. Cercles de conteurs, émotions partagées, transmission intergénérationnelle : les contes continuent de rassembler et d'émerveiller petits et grands. Partage de témoignages avec Géraldine Maurin, conteuse professionnelle.

Passionné de la relation à soi, de la relation aux autres et de la relation au Monde et à la Nature, Loïc Gerno est facilitateur en relations donc, mais aussi de cercles d'hommes et d'ecstatiques dances !Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de l'homme conscient, de l'homme en chemin, qui est invité à laisser aller ses émotions, et tout ce que l'homme ne s'autorise pas à faire à cause de ses conditionnements sociaux et familiaux.Loïc nous parle de la médecine du cercle d'hommes, qui permet de mettre de la conscience, de la présence, réajuster, partager, s'alléger, déposer des choses et retrouver cette notion de fraternité bien souvent oubliée dans notre société moderne.Loïc partage également son parcours et les thématiques qu'il aborde dans son podcast, « D'homme à homme », où il invite à réfléchir à la manière dont les hommes peuvent se reconnecter à eux-mêmes et à leur essence profonde.Je suis heureuse de partager cet épisode inspirant qui nous donne l'espoir d'un monde où l'homme et la femme se rencontreront sur le chemin de l'ouverture à l'autre, sans les bagages actuels qui pèsent sur nos relations.

Qu'est-ce qu'un Cercle de Parents? Quelles en sont les conditions et les bénéfices pour les parents? Comment sa diffusion à l'échelle nationale pourrait-elle aider les jeunes parents?Dans ce Replay de l'épisode 140 , j'accueille Elodie Emo, infirmière puéricultrice et fondatrice des "Cercles de Parents", un projet d'accompagnement pour les familles des tout-petits, lancé en 2022. Forte de plusieurs diplômes en psychopathologie et périnatalité, Elodie forme les professionnels de la petite enfance et milite pour la prévention de la Violence Educative.Elodie détaille aujourd'hui sa mission de vie, son parcours avec le Collectif "Je suis Infirmière Puéricultrice" en direction de la prévention, notamment dans le cadre de la politique des 1000 premiers jours en précisant les enjeux des recommandations des institutions, de la PMI, des pédiatres et la force du dialogue avec un.e expert.e.  Elle partage aussi sa vision: face à la suresponsabilisation des parents et au manque de relais, les Cercles offrent un espace de soutien et d'échange. Au-delà des consultations médicales, ces moments permettent de répondre aux doutes des parents, de renforcer leurs liens d'attachement et de les aider à surmonter les injonctions et l'isolement.Nous explorons le fonctionnement d'un Cercle, le profil des participants, les nouvelles dynamiques de parentalité et l'impact des neurosciences. On aborde aussi la transmission intergénérationnelle et comment les parents peuvent s'affranchir des anciens schémas pour vivre une parentalité plus sereine.Episodes connexes : n°21, 108 et 127Suivre Elodie Emo :Instagram : @lescerclesdeparentsFacebook : @CerclesDeParentsLinkedIn : Elodie Emo✨Tu veux aller plus loin? RDV ici: https://bit.ly/lespetitspluszen ----------------- Les Petits Plus Zen, le podcast pour faciliter et savourer ta vie de famille! Je m'appelle Séverine, je suis Facilitatrice en Parentalité, après avoir été 22 ans Professeur des écoles en Maternelle Rep+. Chaque semaine, je te propose des pistes et des thèmes approfondis sur la Petite Enfance, l'Education et la Communication pour que tu retrouves le plaisir des relations familiales sereines et épanouies.   Une de mes missions est de t'aider à mieux comprendre et apaiser les émotions de chacun, pour installer un équilibre entre tes besoins personnels et ceux de ta famille et retrouver du temps pour toi.    Je te partagerais aussi mon expérience en classe de maternelle, des découvertes apprises en formations et des outils inédits et actionnables facilement, créés au fil du temps à l'école et à la maison.   Pour plus de contenus, d'inspiration et de motivation, retrouve Les Petits Plus Zen sur le site lppzen.com Offres en cours: https://bit.ly/lespetitspluszen   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lespetitspluszen.maman.sereine/Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Se procurer les livres d'Umberto Molinaro: https://www.cerclesdanslanuit.com/livres-et-cartes/ Umberto Molinaro, architecte de formation est écrivain, conférencier et chercheur. Spécialiste des Crop Circles, auteur de livres tels que « Cercles dans la nuit », « En quête de lumière », chercheur depuis 10 ans, architecte français, Umberto arpente et foule sur place, les immenses tranchées géométriques, pour tenter de décrypter ce phénomène fantastique. Pour lui, il est impossible de ne pas voir derrière ce phénomène la manifestation d'une grande intelligence bienveillante. Les messages, au-delà même du plaisir esthétique que procurent ces sculptures gigantesques, sont là pour nous faire évoluer dans nos propres interrogations. Umberto Molinaro présente, au cours de ses conférences, la partie cachée des ce phénomène, codifiée par ce qu'on appelle la Géométrie Sacrée. Il en traduit les messages symboliques qui en découlent​​​​​. Programmer une visite de crop circles est une aventure extraordinaire. Il faut être​ ouvert à l'inattendu, et prêt à vivre l'instant présent. On ne visite pas ces temples éphémères comme on le ferait pour une église romane, on n'est jamais certain que le lieu sera accessible ou que la formation sera encore visible. Par contre, bien souvent, un crop circle apparaît le jour même de notre arrivée en Angleterre, il faut alors être prêt, changer l'itinéraire prévu, modifier le planning et bousculant nos habitudes nous entrons dans le jeu subtil de ce phénomène. C'est alors que le voyage devient pèlerinage, et chaque jour apporte son lot de mystères, de synchronicités, de poésie. Il y a cependant comme dans tout pèlerinage des étapes incontournables et inscrites dans la pierre et l'histoire de la Terre, c'est le cas, là bas dans ce pays d'Avalon. Il n'y a pas de hasard, les crop circles se trouvent sur le chemin de Glastonbury, de Avebury, de Stonehenge, et de tant d'autres sites moins renommés, mais tout autant chargés d'énergie. C'est ainsi que le grand jeu se met en place, que la magie des lieux transfèrent l'héritage et la sagesse des anciens, et que la rencontre a lieu, et c'est toujours une rencontre avec soi-même. Dates des conférences et stages ici : https://www.cerclesdanslanuit.com/cercles-dans-la-nuit/ Interview réalisé par Ludovic Malot, économiste, entrepreneur, podcaster auteur du livre Le Suicide monétaire, La seule monnaie véritable et honnête est l'or physique! S'émanciper de l'euro pour conjurer la tyrannie aux éditions Maïa. Se procurer le suicide monétaire de Ludovic Malot : https://www.editions-maia.com/livre/le-suicide-monetaire-malot-ludovic-9782384416400/

Être une femme et avoir une île dans sa vie. C'est le thème de cette 4ème saison de Murmures en partenariat avec la Fondation Carmignac et le Parc national de Port-Cros. Je suis allée à la rencontre de femmes qui entretiennent un lien particulier avec leur île. Elles sont artiste, productrice, scénariste, gardiennes de la nature… Je leur ai demandé en quoi l'île travaille leur féminité, si l'île révèle, façonne les femmes qu'elles sont devenues ? Bernard Pesce les a photographiées. De cette collaboration sont nés des portraits sonores regroupés dans cette série intitulée Archipelles, un archipel visuel et sonore qui révèle l'île en elles.Les témoignages que vous allez entendre explorent des territoires intimes tels que l'amour, le rapport au corps, au vivant, au sacré, la sauvagerie, la création, la liberté, le désir, la sensualité A travers la parole de ces femmes, se pose une question qui nous concerne tous : en quoi les lieux nous constituent, comment les endroits où l'on a grandi, où l'on a fait notre vie, par hasard ou par nécessité, contribue à construire notre identité ?Découvrez cette semaine le témoignage de Julie. Julie est enseignante en arts visuels, artiste et praticienne en éco rituels. Porquerolles est entrée dans sa vie dans un moment de grande vulnérabilité. Avec Julie on a parlé de lignée paysanne, de lisière, de dessin, de questions transgénérationnelles, de douceur abrasive, de poème en mouvement, de réitération, d'amour sous les oliviers, de dialogue poétique, de trésors, d'ormeaux, de désir de vivre, de cycles féminins, de rituels, d'enfance, de maternité, de marche, de sorcière, de transmission, de cercles de femmes, de souveraineté, de pensée circulaire, de sanctuaire, d'étincelle, de fil de la merveille, de chambre à soi et d'île intérieure…Références et bibliographie :Clarissa Pinkola Estés -  Femmes qui courent avec les loupsMona Chollet - Sorcières, la puissance invaincue des femmesChristiane Singer - Une vie sur le fil de la merveille Jeanne Benameur – Notre nom est une îleCamille Sfez – Psychologue, Cercles de femmes, autrice de Vulnérables et La puissance du fémininGabrielle Filteau-Chiba, autrice de la trilogie Encabanée, Sauvagines, BivouacEdouard Glissant – La théorie de l'archipel Le visuel du podcast est une création de Mona Cara et l'habillage sonore a été réalisé par Hubert Artigue.  Découvrez le portrait sonore et toutes les notes de cet entretien ici Me suivre sur instagram : https://www.instagram.com/fragile_porquerolles/ Me soutenir sur Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/fragile-porquerolles-1 Vous pouvez me laisser des étoiles et un avis sur Apple Podcasts et Spotify, ça aide ! Si vous souhaitez m'envoyer un mail: fragileporquerolles@gmail.com

As the dramatic arts fill the streets of Avignon, Arts 24 relocates to the southern city for a special edition. Olivia Salazar-Winspear takes us through the highlights of the annual event, which artistic director Tiago Rodrigues has called the festival of “resistance”. With Spanish as the selected language this year, artists from Peru, Chile, Spain and Uruguay are staging their work in historical sites, cultural venues and all sorts of outdoor spaces in Avignon. Argentinian director Lola Arias talks to us about her latest piece of documentary theatre “Los Dias Afuera”, which explores the experience of women adapting to life outside of prison after serving sentences. We also check out Boris Charmatz's joyful dance workshop “Cercles”, which invites amateurs and professionals to create a live artistic happening.

Au Bénin, comme dans trop d'endroits en Afrique subsaharienne, 1 écolière sur 10 ne se rend pas à l'école pendant son cycle menstruel, loupant ainsi près de 20% du temps scolaire par an. C'est pour cela que l'association Action Éducation a lancé, en 2019, un programme axé sur la sensibilisation et l'adaptation des infrastructures pour jeunes filles dans 170 écoles béninoises.Pour éduquer les écolières, les cercles de parole animés par des femmes de la communauté obtiennent de très bons résultats. Moins d'un an après la fin du programme, des milliers de jeunes filles sont de retour sur les bancs de l'école, malgré les nombreux défis auxquels elles font face.Dans ce neuvième épisode du Chemin des écolières, vous entendrez trois bénéficiaires, Bénédicte, Aimée et Pricilia; l'enseignante Delphine; Alice Hopko, membre du cercle de parole; Justin Akpo, chef du projet chez Action Éducation; Diane Richard, porte-parole de Plan international, une ONG mondialement reconnue pour son soutien à l'éducation dans le monde; et Khar Faye, une formatrice.Le Chemin des écolières est un podcast Slate Podcasts, dont une version écrite accompagnée de photographies réalisées par Robin Tutenges est disponible sur le site de Slate.fr.L'ensemble de ce projet a reçu le financement du Centre européen du journalisme, par l'intermédiaire de l'accélérateur de journalisme de solutions. Ce financement est soutenu par la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates.Direction éditoriale: Christophe CarronProduction éditoriale, écriture et présentation: Nina Pareja avec l'aide de Marius SortReportages, interviews et prise de son: Robin TutengesMontage et réalisation: Mona Delahais

Intellectuels, chefs d'entreprises, artistes, hommes et femmes politiques… Frédéric Taddeï reçoit des personnalités de tous horizons pour éclairer différemment et prendre du recul sur l'actualité de la semaine écoulée. Ce dimanche, Pauline Marie d'Elbée pour son roman, « Les cercles de la création », chez Good Mood Dealer.

Intellectuels, chefs d'entreprises, artistes, hommes et femmes politiques… Frédéric Taddeï reçoit des personnalités de tous horizons pour éclairer différemment et prendre du recul sur l'actualité de la semaine écoulée. Ce dimanche, Pauline Marie d'Elbée pour son roman, « Les cercles de la création », chez Good Mood Dealer.

Ce jeudi 7 mars, les pistes d'économies de Bercy afin d'atteindre "au moins" 20 milliards d'euros d'économies pour boucler le budget 2025 ont été abordés par Isabelle Job-Bazille, directrice des études économiques de Crédit Agricole, Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des Économistes, et Gaël Sliman, président d'Odoxa, dans l'émission Les Experts, présentée par Nicolas Doze sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce jeudi 7 mars, les urgences économiques, notamment de l'indexation des retraites, et de l'égalité femme-homme suivant le baromètre d'Odoxa ont été abordées par Isabelle Job-Bazille, directrice des études économiques de Crédit Agricole, Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des Économistes, et Gaël Sliman, président d'Odoxa, dans l'émission Les Experts, présentée par Nicolas Doze sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce jeudi 7 mars, Nicolas Doze a reçu Isabelle Job-Bazille, directrice des études économiques de Crédit Agricole, Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des Économistes, et Gaël Sliman, président d'Odoxa, dans l'émission Les Experts sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

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Charles Coutino discusses Ridley Scott's film "Napoleon" with military historian Jeremy Black. Is it accurate? Is it inaccurate? Does it matter? Listen in to the discussion.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Charles Coutino discusses Ridley Scott's film "Napoleon" with military historian Jeremy Black. Is it accurate? Is it inaccurate? Does it matter? Listen in to the discussion.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Charles Coutino discusses Ridley Scott's film "Napoleon" with military historian Jeremy Black. Is it accurate? Is it inaccurate? Does it matter? Listen in to the discussion.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Charles Coutino discusses Ridley Scott's film "Napoleon" with military historian Jeremy Black. Is it accurate? Is it inaccurate? Does it matter? Listen in to the discussion.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

Ce jeudi 18 janvier, Nicolas Doze a reçu Anne-Sophie Alsif, cheffe économiste du cabinet d'audit BDO France, Gilbert Cette, professeur d'économie à Neoma Business School, et Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des Économistes, dans l'émission Les Experts sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce jeudi 18 janvier, l'augmentation du nombre de défaillances d'entreprises en France et les objectifs du plein-emploi en 2027, ont été abordés par Anne-Sophie Alsif, cheffe économiste du cabinet d'audit BDO France, Gilbert Cette, professeur d'économie à Neoma Business School, et Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des économistes, dans l'émission Les Experts, présentée par Nicolas Doze sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce jeudi 18 janvier, les trois grandes transitions que le gouvernement va devoir affronter pour résoudre le plein emploi et le rétablissement des finances publiques, ainsi que la nouvelle réforme de l'assurance-chômage qui serait actuellement en cours de préparation, ont été abordés par Anne-Sophie Alsif, cheffe économiste du cabinet d'audit BDO France, Gilbert Cette, professeur d'économie à Neoma Business School, et Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, fondateur du Cercles des Économistes, dans l'émission Les Experts, présentée par Nicolas Doze sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. In addition to a four-thousand-kilometer border, they have periodically shared a common outlook on political and economic affairs. But they are, in essence, profoundly different polities and cultures, and their intermittent alliances have proven difficult and at times even volatile. In China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023), Philip Snow provides a full account of the relationship between these two global giants. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment. We see the shifts in the balance of power, from the wealth and strength of early Qing China to the Tsarist and Soviet ascendancies, and episodes of intense conflict followed by harmony. He looks too at the experiences and opinions of ordinary people, which often vastly differed from those of their governments, and considers how long the countries' current amicable relationship might endure. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. In addition to a four-thousand-kilometer border, they have periodically shared a common outlook on political and economic affairs. But they are, in essence, profoundly different polities and cultures, and their intermittent alliances have proven difficult and at times even volatile. In China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023), Philip Snow provides a full account of the relationship between these two global giants. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment. We see the shifts in the balance of power, from the wealth and strength of early Qing China to the Tsarist and Soviet ascendancies, and episodes of intense conflict followed by harmony. He looks too at the experiences and opinions of ordinary people, which often vastly differed from those of their governments, and considers how long the countries' current amicable relationship might endure. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. In addition to a four-thousand-kilometer border, they have periodically shared a common outlook on political and economic affairs. But they are, in essence, profoundly different polities and cultures, and their intermittent alliances have proven difficult and at times even volatile. In China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023), Philip Snow provides a full account of the relationship between these two global giants. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment. We see the shifts in the balance of power, from the wealth and strength of early Qing China to the Tsarist and Soviet ascendancies, and episodes of intense conflict followed by harmony. He looks too at the experiences and opinions of ordinary people, which often vastly differed from those of their governments, and considers how long the countries' current amicable relationship might endure. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. In addition to a four-thousand-kilometer border, they have periodically shared a common outlook on political and economic affairs. But they are, in essence, profoundly different polities and cultures, and their intermittent alliances have proven difficult and at times even volatile. In China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023), Philip Snow provides a full account of the relationship between these two global giants. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment. We see the shifts in the balance of power, from the wealth and strength of early Qing China to the Tsarist and Soviet ascendancies, and episodes of intense conflict followed by harmony. He looks too at the experiences and opinions of ordinary people, which often vastly differed from those of their governments, and considers how long the countries' current amicable relationship might endure. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. In addition to a four-thousand-kilometer border, they have periodically shared a common outlook on political and economic affairs. But they are, in essence, profoundly different polities and cultures, and their intermittent alliances have proven difficult and at times even volatile. In China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord (Yale UP, 2023), Philip Snow provides a full account of the relationship between these two global giants. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment. We see the shifts in the balance of power, from the wealth and strength of early Qing China to the Tsarist and Soviet ascendancies, and episodes of intense conflict followed by harmony. He looks too at the experiences and opinions of ordinary people, which often vastly differed from those of their governments, and considers how long the countries' current amicable relationship might endure. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

Since the age of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, Russian literature has posed questions about good and evil, moral responsibility, and human freedom with a clarity and intensity found nowhere else. In Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter (Harvard University Press, 2023), Dr. Gary Saul Morson delineates intellectual debates that have coursed through two centuries of Russian writing, as the greatest thinkers of the empire and then the Soviet Union enchanted readers with their idealism, philosophical insight, and revolutionary fervor. Dr. Morson describes the Russian literary tradition as an argument between a radical intelligentsia that uncompromisingly followed ideology down the paths of revolution and violence, and writers who probed ever more deeply into the human condition. The debate concerned what Russians called “the accursed questions”: If there is no God, are good and evil merely human constructs? Should we look for life's essence in ordinary or extreme conditions? Are individual minds best understood in terms of an overarching theory or, as Tolstoy thought, by tracing the “tiny alternations of consciousness”? Exploring apologia for bloodshed, Dr. Morson adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the non-alibi—the idea that one cannot escape or displace responsibility for one's actions. And, throughout, Dr. Morson isolates a characteristic theme of Russian culture: how the aspiration to relieve profound suffering can lead to either heartfelt empathy or bloodthirsty tyranny. What emerges is a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded dialogue, between heady certainty and a humble sense of wonder at the world's elusive complexity—a thought-provoking journey into inescapable questions. Gary Saul Morson is without a doubt one of the leading specialists on 19th and 20th century Russian literature. He is professor of Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. And he is perhaps one of the few writers who has written for both The New Criterion and the New York Review of Books.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Since the age of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, Russian literature has posed questions about good and evil, moral responsibility, and human freedom with a clarity and intensity found nowhere else. In Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter (Harvard University Press, 2023), Dr. Gary Saul Morson delineates intellectual debates that have coursed through two centuries of Russian writing, as the greatest thinkers of the empire and then the Soviet Union enchanted readers with their idealism, philosophical insight, and revolutionary fervor. Dr. Morson describes the Russian literary tradition as an argument between a radical intelligentsia that uncompromisingly followed ideology down the paths of revolution and violence, and writers who probed ever more deeply into the human condition. The debate concerned what Russians called “the accursed questions”: If there is no God, are good and evil merely human constructs? Should we look for life's essence in ordinary or extreme conditions? Are individual minds best understood in terms of an overarching theory or, as Tolstoy thought, by tracing the “tiny alternations of consciousness”? Exploring apologia for bloodshed, Dr. Morson adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the non-alibi—the idea that one cannot escape or displace responsibility for one's actions. And, throughout, Dr. Morson isolates a characteristic theme of Russian culture: how the aspiration to relieve profound suffering can lead to either heartfelt empathy or bloodthirsty tyranny. What emerges is a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded dialogue, between heady certainty and a humble sense of wonder at the world's elusive complexity—a thought-provoking journey into inescapable questions. Gary Saul Morson is without a doubt one of the leading specialists on 19th and 20th century Russian literature. He is professor of Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. And he is perhaps one of the few writers who has written for both The New Criterion and the New York Review of Books.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Since the age of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, Russian literature has posed questions about good and evil, moral responsibility, and human freedom with a clarity and intensity found nowhere else. In Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter (Harvard University Press, 2023), Dr. Gary Saul Morson delineates intellectual debates that have coursed through two centuries of Russian writing, as the greatest thinkers of the empire and then the Soviet Union enchanted readers with their idealism, philosophical insight, and revolutionary fervor. Dr. Morson describes the Russian literary tradition as an argument between a radical intelligentsia that uncompromisingly followed ideology down the paths of revolution and violence, and writers who probed ever more deeply into the human condition. The debate concerned what Russians called “the accursed questions”: If there is no God, are good and evil merely human constructs? Should we look for life's essence in ordinary or extreme conditions? Are individual minds best understood in terms of an overarching theory or, as Tolstoy thought, by tracing the “tiny alternations of consciousness”? Exploring apologia for bloodshed, Dr. Morson adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the non-alibi—the idea that one cannot escape or displace responsibility for one's actions. And, throughout, Dr. Morson isolates a characteristic theme of Russian culture: how the aspiration to relieve profound suffering can lead to either heartfelt empathy or bloodthirsty tyranny. What emerges is a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded dialogue, between heady certainty and a humble sense of wonder at the world's elusive complexity—a thought-provoking journey into inescapable questions. Gary Saul Morson is without a doubt one of the leading specialists on 19th and 20th century Russian literature. He is professor of Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. And he is perhaps one of the few writers who has written for both The New Criterion and the New York Review of Books.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Since the age of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov, Russian literature has posed questions about good and evil, moral responsibility, and human freedom with a clarity and intensity found nowhere else. In Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter (Harvard University Press, 2023), Dr. Gary Saul Morson delineates intellectual debates that have coursed through two centuries of Russian writing, as the greatest thinkers of the empire and then the Soviet Union enchanted readers with their idealism, philosophical insight, and revolutionary fervor. Dr. Morson describes the Russian literary tradition as an argument between a radical intelligentsia that uncompromisingly followed ideology down the paths of revolution and violence, and writers who probed ever more deeply into the human condition. The debate concerned what Russians called “the accursed questions”: If there is no God, are good and evil merely human constructs? Should we look for life's essence in ordinary or extreme conditions? Are individual minds best understood in terms of an overarching theory or, as Tolstoy thought, by tracing the “tiny alternations of consciousness”? Exploring apologia for bloodshed, Dr. Morson adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of the non-alibi—the idea that one cannot escape or displace responsibility for one's actions. And, throughout, Dr. Morson isolates a characteristic theme of Russian culture: how the aspiration to relieve profound suffering can lead to either heartfelt empathy or bloodthirsty tyranny. What emerges is a contest between unyielding dogmatism and open-minded dialogue, between heady certainty and a humble sense of wonder at the world's elusive complexity—a thought-provoking journey into inescapable questions. Gary Saul Morson is without a doubt one of the leading specialists on 19th and 20th century Russian literature. He is professor of Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. And he is perhaps one of the few writers who has written for both The New Criterion and the New York Review of Books.  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

In A Brief History of History (Indiana UP, 2023), acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling process—what we think of as "history" in the proper sense—is useful, it is also misleading, not least because it leads to the repetition of bias and misinformation. Black suggests that the conventional idea of history and historians is constructed too narrowly, as it fails to engage with the broad nature of lived experience. By focusing on a singular idea or story within the history being explored, we fail to understand the interconnectivity of the everyday experience. A Brief History of History challenges accepted norms of the historical perspective and offers a view of human history that will surprise many and (perhaps) infuriate some. But above all, it is a history of historians written for this moment in time, a time when the traditional Eurocentric approach to history now appears wholly inappropriate. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In A Brief History of History (Indiana UP, 2023), acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling process—what we think of as "history" in the proper sense—is useful, it is also misleading, not least because it leads to the repetition of bias and misinformation. Black suggests that the conventional idea of history and historians is constructed too narrowly, as it fails to engage with the broad nature of lived experience. By focusing on a singular idea or story within the history being explored, we fail to understand the interconnectivity of the everyday experience. A Brief History of History challenges accepted norms of the historical perspective and offers a view of human history that will surprise many and (perhaps) infuriate some. But above all, it is a history of historians written for this moment in time, a time when the traditional Eurocentric approach to history now appears wholly inappropriate. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe (Basic Books, 2023) Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe (Basic Books, 2023) Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe (Basic Books, 2023) Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Qu'est-ce que l'amitié ? Et comment reconnaître nos vrais amis ? Et comment reconnaître ceux qui n'en sont pas ? Pourquoi plein de personnes se disent amis avec vous mais ne sont pas vraiment là pour vous ? En quoi l'amitié est tout aussi importante que la relation amoureuse ? Écoute cet épisode pour : découvrir les fondements d'une amitié profonde, saine et nourrissante comprendre que parfois nos "amis" n'en sont pas vraiment et comment les distinguer mieux choisir tes amis et bien t'entourer Pour aller plus loin... (gratuitement) Tu peux faire les exercices d'approfondissement proposés + Télécharger la transcription de l'épisode ! Si tu veux me laisser un petit mot doux, c'est ici pour mettre un avis sur le podcast

In this interview military historian Jeremy Black examines ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip in historical perspective. Black is the author of Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this interview military historian Jeremy Black examines ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip in historical perspective. Black is the author of Insurgency Warfare: A Global History to the Present (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).  Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major threats. These threats are not only external. Especially in the Anglosphere, the 'decolonisation' movement corrodes the West's self-confidence by retelling the history of European and American colonial dominance as a litany of racism, exploitation, and massively murderous violence. In Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (William Collins, 2023), Nigel Biggar tests this indictment, addressing the crucial questions in eight chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Should we speak of 'colonialism and slavery' in the same breath, as if they were identical? Was the Empire essentially racist? How far was it based on the theft of land? Did it involve genocide? Was it driven fundamentally by the motive of economic exploitation? Was undemocratic colonial government necessarily illegitimate? and, Was the Empire essentially violent, and its violence pervasively racist and terroristic? Biggar makes clear that, like any other long-standing state, the British Empire involved elements of injustice, sometimes appalling. On occasions it was culpably incompetent and presided over moments of dreadful tragedy. Nevertheless, from the early 1800s the Empire was committed to abolishing the slave trade in the name of a Christian conviction of the basic equality of all human beings. It ended endemic inter-tribal warfare, opened local economies to the opportunities of global trade, moderated the impact of inescapable modernisation, established the rule of law and liberal institutions such as a free press, and spent itself in defeating the murderously racist Nazi and Japanese empires in the Second World War. As encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth, Colonialism offers a moral inquest into the colonial past, forensically contesting damaging falsehoods and thereby helping to rejuvenate faith in the West's future. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major threats. These threats are not only external. Especially in the Anglosphere, the 'decolonisation' movement corrodes the West's self-confidence by retelling the history of European and American colonial dominance as a litany of racism, exploitation, and massively murderous violence. In Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (William Collins, 2023), Nigel Biggar tests this indictment, addressing the crucial questions in eight chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Should we speak of 'colonialism and slavery' in the same breath, as if they were identical? Was the Empire essentially racist? How far was it based on the theft of land? Did it involve genocide? Was it driven fundamentally by the motive of economic exploitation? Was undemocratic colonial government necessarily illegitimate? and, Was the Empire essentially violent, and its violence pervasively racist and terroristic? Biggar makes clear that, like any other long-standing state, the British Empire involved elements of injustice, sometimes appalling. On occasions it was culpably incompetent and presided over moments of dreadful tragedy. Nevertheless, from the early 1800s the Empire was committed to abolishing the slave trade in the name of a Christian conviction of the basic equality of all human beings. It ended endemic inter-tribal warfare, opened local economies to the opportunities of global trade, moderated the impact of inescapable modernisation, established the rule of law and liberal institutions such as a free press, and spent itself in defeating the murderously racist Nazi and Japanese empires in the Second World War. As encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth, Colonialism offers a moral inquest into the colonial past, forensically contesting damaging falsehoods and thereby helping to rejuvenate faith in the West's future. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major threats. These threats are not only external. Especially in the Anglosphere, the 'decolonisation' movement corrodes the West's self-confidence by retelling the history of European and American colonial dominance as a litany of racism, exploitation, and massively murderous violence. In Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (William Collins, 2023), Nigel Biggar tests this indictment, addressing the crucial questions in eight chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to dominate? Should we speak of 'colonialism and slavery' in the same breath, as if they were identical? Was the Empire essentially racist? How far was it based on the theft of land? Did it involve genocide? Was it driven fundamentally by the motive of economic exploitation? Was undemocratic colonial government necessarily illegitimate? and, Was the Empire essentially violent, and its violence pervasively racist and terroristic? Biggar makes clear that, like any other long-standing state, the British Empire involved elements of injustice, sometimes appalling. On occasions it was culpably incompetent and presided over moments of dreadful tragedy. Nevertheless, from the early 1800s the Empire was committed to abolishing the slave trade in the name of a Christian conviction of the basic equality of all human beings. It ended endemic inter-tribal warfare, opened local economies to the opportunities of global trade, moderated the impact of inescapable modernisation, established the rule of law and liberal institutions such as a free press, and spent itself in defeating the murderously racist Nazi and Japanese empires in the Second World War. As encyclopaedic in historical breadth as it is penetrating in analytical depth, Colonialism offers a moral inquest into the colonial past, forensically contesting damaging falsehoods and thereby helping to rejuvenate faith in the West's future. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe (Basic Books, 2023), Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements. Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe's history and its enduring significance in world affairs. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe (Basic Books, 2023), Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region, demonstrating that Central Europe has always been more than merely the fault line between West and East. Even as Central European powers warred with their neighbors, the region developed its own cohesive identity and produced tremendous accomplishments in politics, society, and culture. Central Europeans launched the Reformation and Romanticism, developed the philosophy of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and advanced some of the twentieth century's most important artistic movements. Drawing on a lifetime of research and scholarship, The Middle Kingdoms tells as never before the captivating story of two thousand years of Central Europe's history and its enduring significance in world affairs. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history