This book the anatomy of blackness, sites of slavery in the age of the leather. And then came last year the much diderot and the art of thinking freely which is now in paperback and im holding it up. Its a beautiful cover. Andrew, how did you go from, im curious about the through lines of the three books. How did it start with the first book which is about an intellectual history of monstrosity in literature and ideas which have a lot to do with bitter row, to what the enlightenment figures thought about race and onto the third book diderot and the art of thinking freely . First, thanks, jim pick a truly great to be here today. I have always been attracted to which my call intellectual history, tracked down an idea over time, both of the affects people and the people are affected by the idea. So very quickly about this first book, how to monstrosity was incredibly important for people of the 17th and 18th century because it was this hotly contested topic. Was god responsible for human
And in the german capital scuffles as police face off with left wing radicals who are resisting authorities attempts this morning to victim iconic squatters protest. One of the morning of money for russia this october the 9th from kevin owen here at the r. T. World news center with the latest for you for the next hour this morning thanks cheatin hope you can stick around to the 1st serious news the ongoing trouble in the go on a car about civilian casualties are mounting there as the conflict between as opposed and armenia over the disputed territory is still running hot with reports of victims and Property Damage on both sides and nothing is sacred in a time of war shelling devastated a historic cathedral in the region the church also instantly came under fire during the 1st. For over 30 years ago this time though 3 russian journalists got injured in the fray is one of the serious condition its one of the perils of reporting from a conflict zone of course weve got video to show you of
A school of estonian language culture. The fact that i study at the faculty of international relations, i am also the chairman, and this organization is called the community council, this is an organization for foreign students of the belarusian state university, each of them has their own view of belarus. The belarusian people are generally very hospitable, goodnatured people who enjoy communicating, watch on the tv channel belarus 24. This is the dangerous moment a second before collision Maxim Marchenko manages to avoid a serious accident , as i understand it, he will no longer catch up with them, but the first place today is taken by nikolai boychuk, who also won the qualification, well, now lets traditionally celebrate the victory to the souls of champagne, what have you. Where did you find it, here i am in first or third grade, good luck champion, well done, congratulations. I was upset, i was tired, i was very scared and didnt even understand anything that happened to us on the
Its twenty one thirty g. M. T. Im debbie navigator in thirty minutes christians in the holy land will be holding a Midnight Mass on this Christmas Eve we take you on a journey of where it all began in one of the oldest cities in the world a cradle of three major religions one thats been fought over for centuries jerusalem it now stands at the heart of the most intractable conflicts of modern time a city thats a powerful symbol of the arab israeli conflict and a place considered sacred to christians muslims and jews in all corners of the world and this aljazeera news special will examine why this moment when donald trump unilaterally recognized jerusalem as israels capital pitted america against some of its own allies and why the palestinians now say the u. S. Can no longer have a role in the Peace Process its a move thats made millions of people demand the u. S. Reverse its decision from asia to Europe Africa to the middle east a feeling of unity and resistance and on the ground in the
Youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of Tropical Storm tax. In peru a president ial pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. Also this half hour as our special coverage of the holy land continues this hour its jordan and its own going connection to jerusalem. The head of the Roman Catholic church has used his Christmas Eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during Midnight Mass at st peters basilica in Rome Pope Francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the bible story of how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stress that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere. To safety. So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day we see the tracks of millions of people who di