This year's Reith Lectures on China are called:
Chinese Vistas
and it's a good title.
When I think of the fantastic 'rolls' of art - Vista is gooooood!
Professor Jonathan Spence - the gentleman with the un-enviable task of talking about what must be one of the most contentious issues the Lectures have ever dealt with, did good, in my eyes.
20 mins of quick Confucian Ways - not an attempt to look at the philosophy so much as to put Confucian thought into the context of Chinese History (and world history too).
It was clear.
Original Confucius; developed Confucius; rejected Confucius; and resurgent Confucius!
Pity the BBC revealed a degree of suspicious political posturing in its choice of questioners - and sheer daftness with the Left footer contribution (at least the 'Proddy Dog' asked relevant).
A great sense of wit in the answers though.
Technorati Tags: Reith Lectures, BBC, Jonathan Spence, China, Confucius
Chinese Vistas
and it's a good title.
When I think of the fantastic 'rolls' of art - Vista is gooooood!
Professor Jonathan Spence - the gentleman with the un-enviable task of talking about what must be one of the most contentious issues the Lectures have ever dealt with, did good, in my eyes.
20 mins of quick Confucian Ways - not an attempt to look at the philosophy so much as to put Confucian thought into the context of Chinese History (and world history too).
It was clear.
Original Confucius; developed Confucius; rejected Confucius; and resurgent Confucius!
Pity the BBC revealed a degree of suspicious political posturing in its choice of questioners - and sheer daftness with the Left footer contribution (at least the 'Proddy Dog' asked relevant).
A great sense of wit in the answers though.
Technorati Tags: Reith Lectures, BBC, Jonathan Spence, China, Confucius
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