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Violence - Arab Television

Laurie Taylor talks to cultural philosopher聽Slavoj 沤i啪ek聽about his latest work, Violence. Is the world becoming more violent? Why is some violence more palatable than others?

VIOLENCE
He has been described as 鈥榯he Elvis of Critical theory鈥�, once ran as ran for the Presidency of his home country Slovenia, and is feted as one of the world鈥檚 greatest living cultural philosophers鈥his week on Thinking Allowed Laurie Taylor talks to聽Slavoj 沤i啪ek聽about his latest work, Violence. Is the world becoming a more violent place? Why is some violence more palatable than others? What underlies seemingly random riots and mayhem that sporadically erupt around the world? 沤i啪ek has ideas that address the violence of modern life and a few victims of his own as he blames many of the humanity鈥檚 upheavals on the 鈥榟umanitarian鈥檚鈥� who claim to be helping.

ARAB TELEVISION
Naomi Sakr聽is Reader in Communication in the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster, and Director of the Arab Media Centre there. She talks to Laurie about her new book, Arab Television Today which looks at the impact of Satellite broadcasting and Al Jazeera on the strictly controlled state broadcasters of the Middle East.

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