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World Service,03 Nov 2001,25 mins

'Civilisation' in the Balance

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Is Western civilisation – based on liberal democracy, market economy and human rights – triumphant? If it does decline, what would replace it? Is there a rear-guard action by societies whose traditional existence is threatened by modernisation? Guests: Francis Fukuyama, Filipe Fernández-Armesto, Sami Zubaida.

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