The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly

Episode 05: Ian Mortimer

May 23, 2017

27:26

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Sustainable Energy Development Is Not Enough

01:38

Is There a Sustainable Future?

01:31

The Unsustainable Future, the One You Call Universal Crisis

01:36

Introduction

4min

It's Not the Invention That Changes the World

2min

The Principal Agent of Change in the 19th Century

3min

The History of the Mirror

2min

The Invention of the Future

2min

The Future Is Here

2min

The Sustainable Future?

2min

Sustainable Energy Development Is Not Enough

2min

Is There a Sustainable Future?

2min

10.

Is Democracy a Sustainable Future?

2min

11.

The Unsustainable Future, the One You Call Universal Crisis

2min

12.

Millennium, How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years

3min

How do you measure change? It is often said that the twentieth century saw more change than any other period. But today’s interest in modern technology obscures the massive changes the world has undergone over the past millennium. Lewis Lapham talks with Ian Mortimer, author of Millennium: From Religion to Revolution: How Civilization Has Changed Over a Thousand Years, about the history of change and why it matters. Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.