In this seminar Professor Gerald Moore (Acting Director, Centre for Culture and Ecology, Durham University, UK; Chair, Collège scientifique et industriel, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation) explores the role of addiction and intoxication in the founding and maintenance of human societies. The talk is followed by Q&A.

A video version of the seminar is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iEm6DwTw9w&ab_channel=SocialContractResearchNetwork

The seminar took place over Zoom on 8 March 2022, and was hosted by Christopher Watkin (Monash University), as part of the Australian Research Council funded Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism". This seminar is an initiative of the Social Contract Research Network. To find out more about the SCRN, and to subscribe to email updates, please visit https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/social-contract-research-network   

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