Artist Luke Jerram's new 'Floating Earth' Debuts In Wigan. Picture Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The world is not enough

In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake

Podcast

In an age of globalisation could world government be on the horizon? Gal Treger joins Sebastian Milbank to discuss his recent article, and how deeper forms of identity and belonging will always take their revenge on dreams of worldwide hegemony.

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