Why people recommend it
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar is a detailed study that reexamines the ethical balance sheet of the British Empire, generating substantial public debate across Western markets. On The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Dr. Jordan Peterson hosted Professor Nigel Biggar to discuss this new book, which achieved bestseller status in the United Kingdom and expanded into international English-speaking markets. Peterson summarized the core of their lengthy conversation, praising the depth of Biggar's scholarship on Christian ethics and imperial history. Furthermore, Peterson structured part of the interview around the book's specific composition, noting that it contains eight distinct chapters, each framed by a central question. By walking through these chapter questions with the author, Peterson facilitated a systematic exploration of the moral complexities, justifications, and criticisms surrounding British colonialism. This in-depth podcast discussion provided listeners with a structured overview of Biggar's controversial yet widely discussed historical analysis.
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“All 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.”
“All 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.”
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“His controversial book, 'Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning,' was recently published and hit the non-fiction bestseller list in the UK.”
“So, 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.”
“So 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.”
“So 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.”
“I'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”
“On 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.”