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What do intellectual historians currently investigate? And why is this relevant for us today? These are some of the questions our podcast series, led by graduate students at the University of Cambridge, seeks to explore. It aims to introduce intellectual historians and their work to everyone with an interest in history and politics. Do join in on our conversations! (The theme song of "Interventions The Intellectual History Podcast" was created at jukedeck.com) Language: en Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Plato’s Political Ideas: From Limited Rule to Tyranny (with Melissa Lane)
Sunday, 29 March, 2026
Who will rule the rulers? Who will chaperone the chaperones? Who will guard the guardians? These questions are rarely associated with Plato. Usually seen as the arch-defender of the rule of the enlightened few over the ignorant many, he has not been perceived as a friend of accountable government. But is this traditional picture of Plato true?Melissa Lane, the world’s foremost interpreter of Plato’s political thought, thinks not. Far from being blind to the need to hold political leaders to account, Plato was in fact deeply invested in developing a system of limited rule in which the order of offices would be directed to the good of the ruled. Hosted by Sam Tchorek-BentallProduced by Joshua Shortman
