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Mark Thompson: Not in my name

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Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
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In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples.
Mark's series of lectures is entitled "The Cloud of Unknowing: Policy, rhetoric and public bewilderment".

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Series
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
People
Mark Thompson
Keywords
arts
tv
media
bbc
television
broadcasting
new york times
oxford
news
humanitas
Department: Humanities Division
Date Added: 15/11/2012
Duration: 00:52:37

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