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Rishi Sunak has been named as the new Prime Minister of Britain. The media seems to be breathing a sigh of relief that he is back in charge. Is it a so-called globalist coup? Or is it just the inevitable result of a new and difficult world? What has actually been learned in terms of political philosophy over the past year or even the past three or six years? John Gray, one of the world's most eminent living philosophers joins Freddy Sayers on Unheard.

Freddie Sayers meets philosopher John Gray.

John Gray was the prophet of the postliberal age, describing global capitalism as a false utopia as early as 1998. In his most recent writing, he has returned to geopolitics, and has described the populist moment, the pandemic, and the growing threat of superpower conflict as existential threats to the liberal, technocratic order.

Amid this chaos, Rishi Sunak — former Goldman Sachs banker — has become Britain’s new prime minister. Has the technocratic order of the 2010s returned? Or has the modern world moved beyond its reach?

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