“A President for Dark Times: the Age of Reason Meets the Age of Trump” ¦ Tanner Lecture 2019
The Lecture will analyse the phenomenon of Donald Trump’s presidency against the backdrop and contrast of the European Enlightenment’s influence on the Founders of the United States. It will also explain why his stark antithesis to Enlightenment values was a winning strategy in the 2016 presidential election and how it resonates with a shift from liberalism to populism, nativism, and authoritarianism. Finally, the lecture will examine political forces in the U.S. that are opposing Trump as he ramps up his campaign for a second term.
Date: 2 May 2019, 17:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Rhodes House, South Parks Road OX1 3RG
Venue Details: Milner Hall
Speaker: Strobe Talbott (Brookings Institution)
Organising department: Linacre College
Organiser: Antonella Di Marzio (Linacre College)
Organiser contact email address: antonella.dimarzio@linacre.ox.ac.uk
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-human-values-2019
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Antonella Di Marzio