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Episode 9: Robert Putnam

Sep 03, 201825 min
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Episode description

In this episode, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks travels to Harvard University to speak to the political scientist Robert Putnam about what we mean by ‘society’, starting with a discussion about his seminal book, ‘Bowling Alone’, in which he described the loss of what sociologists call ‘social capital’ – the benefits we get from our social networks.

Producer: Dan Tierney Series Editor: Christine Morgan

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