Roger Scruton and Ágnes Heller: Why are modern societies dissatisfied? @TheNexusInstitute
Roger Scruton and Ágnes Heller: Why are modern societies dissatisfied?  @TheNexusInstitute
Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What is wrong with the modern world? Why are modern societies dissatisfied? Ágnes Heller and Roger Scruton on loneliness, social criticism and a society in crisis.


Excerpt from a debate at the 2012 Nexus Conference 'How to Change the World?' A longer version of the debate can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=MqJXQPnzEsw

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Roger Scruton and Ágnes Heller: Why are modern societies dissatisfied?

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