The Social Contract Research Podcast
Social Contract Research Network
Featuring seminars and interviews about the contemporary social contract: what it is, how and why it breaks down, and how it can be strengthened.
Some episodes discuss academic and philosophical approaches to social contract theory; others discuss practical, social and political issues related to the social contract.
This podcast is made possible by funding from the Australian Resesarch Council Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism".
Project webpage: bit.ly/MonSCRN
YouTube: bit.ly/YouTubeSCRN
Some episodes discuss academic and philosophical approaches to social contract theory; others discuss practical, social and political issues related to the social contract.
This podcast is made possible by funding from the Australian Resesarch Council Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism".
Project webpage: bit.ly/MonSCRN
YouTube: bit.ly/YouTubeSCRN
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 21, 2021 • 38min
The New Social Contract, with Tim Wilson MP
This episode is a conversation with Tim Wilson, Liberal MP for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives, and author of the book The New Social Contract: Renewing the Liberal Vision for Australia. Tim talks with host Christopher Watkin about trust in politics, house prices and home ownership, the importance of civil society, the generational contract, Michael Sandel’s book The Tyranny of Merit, and Minouche Shafik’s vision of the new social contract.
The conversation was made possible by funding from the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism".
The Social Contract Research Podcast 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
SCRN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq7geWYdmGE3kIcJrw8Ebsw
Apr 15, 2021 • 1h 23min
Michel Foucault and the Social Contract, with Stuart Elden and Mark Kelly
Internationally renowned Foucault scholars Stuart Elden (Warwick University, UK) and Mark Kelly (Western Sydney University, Australia) discuss Michel Foucault's relationship to the modern social contract idea. Followed by questions and discussion.
The seminar took place on 15 April 2021, and was hosted by Christopher Watkin (Monash University, Australia), as part of the Australian Research Council funded Future Fellowship project "Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism".
The Social Contract Research Podcast is an initiative of the Social Contract Research Network
To find out more about the Social Contract Research Network, and to subscribe to SCRN email updates, please visit https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/social-contract-research-network
SCRN YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq7geWYdmGE3kIcJrw8Ebsw
