EPISODE · Apr 26, 2012 · 24 MIN
History 101: Governments and Politics are Transient, Identity and Culture Lasts
from The Breakfast Grille · host BFM Media
Professor Norman Davies, British historian and author of Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations, discusses: - Whether there is a more futile effort than the construction of kingdoms; - History appearing to not have taught mankind that empires crumble; - China - - but flashpoints - Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan; - European Union - similarities - fabled kingdoms like Byzantion, Aragon and even the USSR - disintegration; - Soviet Union - crumbled - details; - Longevity - identitiy - culture - importance - ingredients; - Collapse of the USSR - lies and half-truths - eventual truth - major factor behind collapse; - Malleability - history books - Stanford University experience; - Why history should be taught. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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