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The Manifesto Club is a pro-human campaigning network. Our aim is to bring together individuals whose ideas don’t necessarily fit into the politics of left and right, but who believe in developing people’s creativity and knowledge. Ours is an agenda for a twenty-first century Enlightenment. We believe that humanity is capable of rising to the challenges it faces, however daunting they may seem. Through the use of reason we can begin to influence the course of history - and build a future where the human potential is developed to the fullest extent possible. |
Looking back today
"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist
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