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peterdamianent1: Northumbria. A Dirge. - Thomas Runciman Dirge the sorrows by time made dim: Seas are sullen in rain and mist. Regret the woes that behind us swim: Sullen’s the north and grey the east. Black boats speck the horizon’s rim: The north is heavy...
McKinleyAn: ‘As Thomas, Skinner and Runciman experience middle-age, a cunning religious acerbity is as essential an…antidote to the imperviousness, solemnity and ultimate triviality of the secular, professional academic intelligence.’
BibiRippon: Runciman’s is simply “Hobbes’s story is still our story”. And it’s a story that always has two sides.
EmilioOrdiz: Qué interesantes me han parecido siempre estos enfoques.
"David Runciman’s history reveals what the great philosopher can teach us about emancipation, coercion and the doubleness of political life".
How Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan shaped modern politics
nukesafter2018: The West advised Czech acceptance of Sudeten autonomy. The Czech government refused. Lord Runciman persuaded the Czech government to grant autonomy. Germany escalated the dispute ordering 750K troops to border. Thomas Graham suggests referendums.
trevorw1953: How Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan shaped modern politics
David Runciman’s history reveals what the great philosopher can teach us about emancipation, coercion and the doubleness of political life.
NewStatesman: In modern political life, emancipation and coercion always go together, David Runciman argues – one cannot be had without the other.
Jan-Werner Müller on Confronting Leviathan and the lessons of Thomas Hobbes.
NewStatesman: “Hobbes’s story is still our story”, writes David Runciman. And it’s a story that always has two sides.
Jan-Werner Müller on the political legacy of Thomas Hobbes.
DanielFisher42: A fascinating review of David Runciman’s book on Hobbs.
He argues the Leviathan still describes political arrangements today. I wonder about the many Leviathans (Amazon, Facebook, or Fossil Fuel) And their threat to our self preservation and the state.
daniel_dsj2110: Jan-Werner Mueller on David Runciman and the history of ideas:
Antilogicalism: “Hobbes’s story is still our story.” For David Runciman, the state — not democracy — is central to modern political experience by , January 14th 2022
eyupersoy: Did Thomas Hobbes shape modern politics?
David Runciman’s history reveals what the great philosopher can teach us about emancipation, coercion and the doubleness of political life.
christianidskov: »David Runciman’s history reveals what the great philosopher can teach us about emancipation, coercion and the doubleness of political life.«
p_m_robinson: If you've got the time, Runciman's three volumes. He roots for the Arabs (and above all for the Byzantines) and against the Latin West , but the prose! It's right up there with Macaulay. And any book at all by Thomas Madden.
TomCalvard: Also this month finally finished David Runciman's first podcast series on Politics and the History of Ideas. There's now a second series well underway!
I've learned a lot, from Thomas Hobbes to Francis Fukuyama, via Mary Wollstonecraft, Marx and Engels, Gandhi, Fanon and more!
RobertBrain17: This series by David Runciman is superb and very accessible. Start with the first lecture on Thomas Hobbes, which sets out the problem of modern politics that he develops in subsequent episodes.
DrBMariposa: “As Hobbes knew, to exercise political rule is to have the power of life and death over citizens." D. Runciman on Thomas Hobbes writing in 17th C. Oh boy are we paying the price now.
einwuerfe: Brilliant article by David Runciman: "At the heart of all modern politics is a trade-off between personal liberty and collective choice. This is the Faustian bargain identified by the philosopher Thomas Hobbes in the middle of the 17th century".
sandwichspy: The Guardian's David Runciman cites philosopher Thomas Hobbes and writes: "This crisis has revealed some other hard truths. National governments really matter, and it really matters which one you happen to find yourself under."
PeterWillsman: An Hobbesian World
"Modern politics is a trade-off between personal liberty and collective choice. This is the Faustian bargain identified by Thomas Hobbes...Some people get to tell others what to do". Prof.David Runciman Guardian 27 March
martinkettle: Hats off to superb Ben Jennings illustration to a top piece by David Runciman. That Thomas Hobbes, eh? He certainly knew a thing or three .... Coronavirus has not suspended politics – it has revealed the nature of power
withdrawBolts: TATI’s & TONY’s DEAD POET TOUR // Song by Thomas Runciman
crumbtweet: TATI’s & TONY’s DEAD POET TOUR // Song by Thomas Runciman
KS1729: Why did David Cameron call for the Brexit referendum in the first. I no longer could remember. A fantastic explainer conversation b/w David Runciman and Helen Thomas.
angela_runciman: I seen that a Historic sculpture is being installed at the Gateway roundabout in St. Thomas this is a waste of tax...
CoachingMold: Thank you very much to Suzanne Runciman and Lee Thomas for letting me and Carolyn Davies-Moore share Logan's special day â¤ï¸
suhrith: This is an excellent interview of Thomas Piketty by David Runciman:
