Cultural Capital: Language

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to some remarkable video of the historian Tony Judt giving the Remarque Lecture at New York University in October. Immobilised by Lou Gehrig's disease, and incapable of breathing without the aid of a machine, Judt nevertheless managed to speak for more than an hour on the topic "What Is Living and What Is Dead in Social Democracy?". Now, thanks ... read more

Please take a moment to watch this remarkable video. It's of the great English historian Tony Judt giving this year's Remarque Lecture at New York University. Judt chose as his topic "What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy". Even in normal circumstances, this would be essential reading (or watching). But these aren't normal circumstances, because, a year ago, Judt was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's ... read more