The Deep State v. The Dictator: America's Battle of Nightmares
This public lecture is the second annual event organised by the Centre for Media, Politics and Communication Research which is based at the University of Nottingham.
The speaker is the distinguished and experienced BBC Radio 4 producer, Phil Tinline.
In this fascinating and topical talk perfectly timed for the American presidential elections, he will draw on ideas from his current Radio 4 series, “How Would We Know If Democracy Had Died?”* and his 2022 book, “The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares”.
It will explore the polarised nature of American politics and how mutual fears of each side were stoked and sustained by the news media in various guises. The talk will also discuss the implications of this in terms of American democracy – and our own here in the UK.
The doors will open at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. The talk will be around 45 minutes followed by Q&A.
Please join us afterwards for a drinks reception.
Phil is very happy to sign copies of his book if you have one to bring along.
*"How Would We Know If Democracy Had Died", starts on BBC Radio 4 on Mon 14 Oct at 11am - and runs for three weeks.
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This event will be held in the Space.
Speakers will use microphones.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
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Phil Tinline is a journalist, author, and documentarian. His book The Death of Consensus: 100 Years of British Political Nightmares was chosen as the Times Politics Book of the Year 2022. In the course of a twenty-year career with BBC Radio 4, Phil presented many acclaimed documentaries about how political history and ideas shape the present. Much of his recent work has focused on the unfolding crisis in British politics, and how a range of issues can be interpreted as signals of a long-term political transition process, in the wake of the 2008 Crash. He also writes about the fear of authoritarianism, and about the political role of conspiracy theory, including his 2021 Radio 4 series, Conspiracies – The Secret Knowledge. His current Radio 4 series is How Would We Know If Democracy Had Died?”