Colonialism
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastHis controversial book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' was recently published and hit the non-fiction bestseller list in the UK.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastSo, Nigel, we're going to talk today about your book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' which has just been released a few weeks ago and, as I understand, is doing quite well.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastSo in my book, tell me if I'm wrong, when I'm coming to a judgment about the British Empire, I don't shy away from the really bad bits. Insofar as I identify as British, those are painful for me to admit, but I do admit them.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastSo I applied that same thing to myself; when I come across material in history that I read about that is negative about the British Empire, I report it in my book. There are a number of pages that deal with the 150 years of abundant involvement in slave trading and slavery in, I think it's the second chapter.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastI've read them, and on the whole, I mean, are there a number of cases in the book where I lay out what they say and then I take it apart? Most of the time, in my view, it falls apart, but as I said, the reader can see what I'm doing exactly, and if the reader thinks I'm not playing fair or I'm cheating in some way or I'm overlooking something, they can see it.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastAll right, so there are eight chapters in the book and you associated each of the chapters with a question. I thought we would just go through the chapters and the questions.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastOn the inside cover of my book, I insisted on having a photograph of young Chinese student protesters in Hong Kong with a placard that said 'Hong Kong is British' to make that point.
- Episode: Good and Evil in the British Empire | Dr. Nigel Biggar | EP 359
Podcast: The Jordan B. Peterson PodcastAll right, everyone, we have been talking today with Professor Nigel Bigger, professor of Christian ethics, about his new book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' which hit the bestseller list in the UK and is now widely available in other English-speaking markets, and I presume will be translated quite widely as the months progress.