Humankind over the centuries has seen an evolution. We go from hunter gatherers to Agricultural Societies to principalities up to the Industrial Revolution. And there is a process which social institutions become more complex. They develop certain features. Marx said this process would culminate in a utopia. I think most progressive intellectuals for the one or 50i years actually believed in the end of history but they thought ulit was communism. My argument was we did not seem to be going that this is before the collapse of the soviet union. The idea was there did seem to be a process of modernization there was people wanted to live in modern societies the kind of modern society we seem to be ending up that was liberal democracy and capitalism not socialism. In a sense we are getting off the strain of history one stop before the where the commonness of the marxist get off. Stuart professes btk you were talking in 2006 about you 1992 book the end of history and the last man. Do what yo
A full bulletin of news at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news, newscast. Chris, we have got a Cabinet Minister to keep us company this episode. Yes. Mel stride, work and pensions secretary, hello. Good evening, adam. I am impressed you have got a crib sheet there already, started taking notes already. I have only written about three things down i promise it will be full by the end. Then we will mark your homework we will mark your homework like a Human Version of the obr i have got to ask you the big question that has become the classic interview question this week, after the Prime Minister s interview with grazia, do you make your own bed . No, but i do load the dishwasher. 0k. I do walk the dog. And mrs may would approve, i do take the bins out. Because that is a mansjob. So i do that as well. Chris, i want to know what you thought about that, seeing the Prime Minister talk about an unmade bed. After you had been talking to the nation about your unmade bed in that premier inn the o
Most important expedition. Some people have the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war. Some can sometimes seen as americas iliad of that great battle. And so this great voyage of the lewis and Clark Expedition be quite significant and, important. A few years ago, Atlantic Monthly did, a survey of the top 100 most influential figures in American History and and clark make the list at. And what i find interesting is theyre the only names on the entire list where theyre listed. So its almost like theyre inseparable. And and the smithsonian editor did one just five years ago on the most significant americans and Meriwether Lewis and, William Clark again made that list. And they were also hooked together. And sakaguchi, a, who accompanied the expedition, also made it so this young teenage woman was considered one of the 100 most significant american. So there is a an impression across the united that lewis and Clark Expedit
Most important expedition. Some people have the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war. Some can sometimes seen as americas iliad of that great battle. And so this great voyage of the lewis and Clark Expedition be quite significant and, important. A few years ago, Atlantic Monthly did, a survey of the top 100 most influential figures in American History and and clark make the list at. And what i find interesting is theyre the only names on the entire list where theyre listed. So its almost like theyre inseparable. And and the smithsonian editor did one just five years ago on the most significant americans and Meriwether Lewis and, William Clark again made that list. And they were also hooked together. And sakaguchi, a, who accompanied the expedition, also made it so this young teenage woman was considered one of the 100 most significant american. So there is a an impression across the united that lewis and Clark Expedit
Looking the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war. Some can sometimes seen as americas iliad of that great battle. And so this great voyage of the lewis and Clark Expedition be quite significant and, important. A few years ago, Atlantic Monthly did, a survey of the top 100 most influential figures in American History and and clark make the list at. And what i find interesting is theyre the only names on the entire list where theyre listed. So its almost like theyre inseparable. And and the smithsonian editor did one just five years ago on the most significant americans and Meriwether Lewis and, William Clark again made that list. And they were also hooked together. And sakaguchi, a, who accompanied the expedition, also made it so this young teenage woman was considered one of the 100 most signific