Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
19 10 13: The new sex education: colonising our children's emotions?
19 10 13: State vs. market: is there a way forward?
19 10 13: Authority in crisis
19 10 13: Is nothing private anymore?
19 10 13: Soul on the slab: is there no limit to what neuroscience can do?
19 10 13: Putting the past on trial: burning dead witches?
19 10 13: 3D printing: a new industrial revolution?
19 10 13: Technology and sustainability: kill or cure?
19 10 13: Laptop University? The future of HE
"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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