Battle of Ideas Satellite – The Rise of Toxic Politics – Can we be civil?

When:
November 28, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
2019-11-28T18:00:00+00:00
2019-11-28T19:15:00+00:00
Where:
Andrew Wiles Building
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust
01865411516

Are we witnessing a new, more toxic kind of politics around the world? If so, what is the alternative? Should we lament a supposedly lost civility, or is the emergence of more forthright and angry disagreements in fact a good thing? What is the line between passionate disagreement and toxic bile? Who gets to decide what are acceptable and unacceptable forms of discourse? Ultimately, how do we live together when we disagree profoundly on major issues?
Topic: Politics
Format: Debate and Q&A session