AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present with Fareed Zakaria
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FAREED ZAKARIA, best-selling author & host of CNN’s flagship international affairs show “Fareed Zakaria GPS”, discusses his latest book, “AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present” with STEVEN PINKER, Professor of Psychology at Harvard and author of twelve books. Fareed Zakaria is the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a bestselling author. Fareed Zakaria GPS is a weekly international and domestic affairs program that airs around the world on CNN. Since its debut in 2008, it has featured interviews with Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Greta Thunberg, and the Dalai Lama, among others. Zakaria has regularly hosted primetime specials for CNN. They include documentaries on U.S. history and foreign leaders, as well as profiles of extraordinary creators such as Billy Joel and Francis Ford Coppola.He has been nominated for several Emmys for his television work and has won one. His weekly show has won the prestigious Peabody Award. Fareed’s Global Briefing, a daily digital newsletter, is one of the most widely read of CNN's newsletters. His column for The Washington Post remains one of the longest-running for that newspaper. Zakaria is the author of four highly-regarded New York Times bestselling books: Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (2020), on how the pandemic reshaped society; The Post-American World (1st ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2011), a discussion of the rise of non-Western powers; The Future of Freedom (2003), a study of “illiberal democracy” in various countries; and In Defense of a Liberal Education (2015), a commentary on the importance of a well-rounded education. Three of these were international bestsellers, translated into more than 20 languages. Zakaria was named a “Top 10 Global Thinker of the Last 10 Years” by Foreign Policy magazine in 2019, and Esquire called him “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation.” He has received a National Magazine Award, the Arthur Ross Media Award from the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the Deadline Club Award. In 2010, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, one of its highest civilian honors, and in 2022, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded him the Order of Merit.Prior to his tenure at CNN, Zakaria was editor of Newsweek International, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, a columnist for Time, an analyst for ABC News, and the host of Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria on PBS.Zakaria earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, a doctorate in political science from Harvard University, and has received numerous honorary degrees. Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Pinker is one of the world's leading authorities on language and the mind, and the the author of seven books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, Words and Rules, The Blank Slate, and The Stuff of Thought. 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:53 - Welcome Remarks 0:03:28 - Discussion 0:53:59 - Closing Remarks Discover more from our Partner Here: https://www.cambridgeforum.org/, https://www.harvard.com/ GBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas Like us: https://www.instagram.com/gbhforumnetwork/ https://www.facebook.com/gbhforumnetwork/ Tweet with us: https://twitter.com/GBHForumNetwork See our complete archive here: https://www.wgbh.org/forum-network
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