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  Is Knowledge Power?
  • Wed Mar 14
    7:30 PM
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  • 15 attending
  • 1 comment

  The Wheatsheaf

  25 Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1JB (map)

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  Everyone's familiar with the idea that "knowledge is power". But how does power really operate and what's its relationship to knowledge? Is it exercised solely by the... Learn more

  Hosted by: Rich Cochrane (Organizer)

Recent Meetups

• February 8 at 7:30 PM, 23 Members attended

  What Does It Mean To “Be Yourself”?
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  They rated it 4.002 (2 ratings)

  Erving Goffman wasn't the first to suggest that the human world is like theatre but in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life the dramatic metaphor is central. We are... Learn more

• January 11 at 7:30 PM, 27 Members attended

  Who Are "The Elite"?
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  At a time when the phrase "We are the 99%" has gained popularity, the idea that somehow an elite – the 1% – has taken more than its fair share by stealth has... Learn more

• December 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 20 Members attended

  Christmas Social
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  They rated it 5.005 (5 ratings) and uploaded 1 photos

  

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  An excellent evening as proved by it still being busy when the pub shut at 11. The quiz was a great idea and the rest team won. ...

  —Matthew

  

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  Great fun, thanks for organising! Quiz was fun even if I was crap at most of it ;-)

  —Alicia W

• November 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, 23 Members attended

  Should we be utopian?
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  They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

  Many of the most influential political projects: that is, they've aimed at creating an ideal society, and have had a definite idea of what that society might look like.... Learn more

• October 10, 2011 at 7:30 PM, 23 Members attended

  How do rulers win the consent of the ruled?
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  They rated it 4.503 (3 ratings)

  We're excited to announce the first session of Different Class, our series of free seminars programmed and chaired by Dr Jonathan White of the London School of Economics... Learn more