[SSC] Public Lecture - Prof Alastair Bonnett, Radical Past: Contested Futures

[Michael Neary]

Dear All, 
I am delighted to be able to announce that this year's Social Science Centre, Lincoln, Public Lecture will be given by Prof Alastair Bonnett, Professor of Geography at Newcastle Universityhttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/alastair.bonnett
The lecture will take place on 27th of March, at the Collection in Lincoln from 7-9 pm :  http://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/

I look forward to seeing you all there. Please forward onto your networks and others who might be interested.

Radical Pasts: Contested Futures

Progressive politics has often defined itself against the past. To be ‘forward looking’ has been cast as noble and muscular but being ‘backward looking’ seen as ‘misty eyed’ and feeble. Today
these attitudes are being questioned. A new and more creative approach to the
past seems necessary. This talk looks at the what the story of Thomas Spence
(1750-1814), a now forgotten but once famous figure in radical history, has to
tell us about the changing role of the past in radicalism. It is a story that
also opens up wider questions, such as 'why is 'critique' so central to
contemporary radicalism?' and 'does radicalism need intellectuals?'.

Best wishes,

Mike
 
 		 	   		  
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