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Caught between the underclass and the anxious middle classes, the working class has all but been erased as a category for political debate.
Caught between the underclass and the anxious middle classes, the working class has all but been erased as a category for political debate. After the disappearance of a politics based on class, is it useful to use the language of class in the current political climate? Where have the working classes gone to? What are their hopes and aspirations, and how might they be re-engaged in political debate?
Speakers: Ferdinand Mount, Former editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of Mind the Gap: the New Class Divide in Britain; Beatrix Campbell, writer and broadcaster and author of Goliath: Britain’s Dangerous Places; Avner Offer, Chichele Professor of Economic History, All Souls College and author of The Challenge of Affluence. Participating Chair: Alan Hudson, Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and co-author of The Mood of the Nation: Basildon Man Revisited.
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Ferdinand Mount | talks |
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Date and Time: |
15 March 2006 at 7:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Venue: |
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) |
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Tickets: |
£8, £7 conc, £6 ICA members |
Available from: |
ICA Box Office 020 7930 3647 |
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