Modes of Inquiry with Mathew Giagnorio
Playing with Ideas and Considering All Points of View. The project of Modes of Inquiry is to present and explore different types of methodologies used to understand various topics, events, and current affairs. How do they function? What works best? What are interdisciplinary perspectives? And how do they help in our understanding of a single topic? We aim to answer these questions and more for you. Featuring bi-weekly guests from diverse fields and backgrounds for discussions and interviews.
Modes of Inquiry with Mathew Giagnorio
A Conversation with Daniel Sharp
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Mathew Giagnorio
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Season 1
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Episode 11
S1E11: I speak with Daniel Sharp about the political and social issues occurring in the UK, emphasizing recent events and activities in Scotland. We discuss 'woke' activism and the concerns and consequences of hasty action/decisions, the context of historical figures and statues and the context of/for the removal of a statue, the righteous and religious character of new social and political movements, the minority position of free speech/free expression, enlightenment values and social progress, secular humanism and atheism in Muslim majority countries and the long history of political and religious dissent in Islam.
All this and more!