Richard Whatmore - Truth and Democracy roundtable (19/9/2017)

Richard Whatmore - Truth and Democracy roundtable (19/9/2017)

Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History

13/04/2018 11:51AM

Episode Synopsis "Richard Whatmore - Truth and Democracy roundtable (19/9/2017)"

Richard Whatmore, Professor of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews, takes us back to Adam Smith and David Hume - and asks whether democratic politics has always been based on deceit.

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