Emma Burnell, Jon Cruddas and Marc Stears discuss whether patriotism and the lives of the ordinary can help society prosper in a future post-COVID-19.

In an age of polarisation and frayed politics, they explore how the contradictions society faces today – from tradition and progress, labour and technology, to patriotism and diversity, and nationalism and internationalism – can be resolved and overcome by the actions of  the everyday citizen and the common good.

They are in conversation with Nick Pearce.

This event is co-hosted with the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR).

Jon Cruddas’ The Dignity of Labour (Polity Press) and Marc Stears’ Out of the Ordinary: How Everyday Life Inspired a Nation and How It Can Again (Harvard University Press) are available from  Waterstones, our bookselling partners.

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Festival of Ideas: What’s the Role of Citizens in Politics, Patriotism and the Common Good? Emma Burnell, Jon Cruddas and Marc Stears