Inaugural Adams Lecture: Dr Gillian Tett

The Wolfson John W. and Lizbeth Adams Lecture series is made possible thanks to a generous donation by Wolfson Honorary Fellow, John Adams. Social Silence: What we are not talking about in today’s political economy Pierre Bourdieu, the French sociologist, wrote many years ago about the importance of social silence – or the idea that what really matters in our political economy and social systems is not what people talk about but what they do not. Today, as we drown in digital noise and polarized political debate, that premise is more true than ever. So what are the “social silences” we need to think about today? And why does this matter so deeply now for our political economy? PLEASE NOTE: Every effort is made to credit copyright in these events, but we would always be delighted to hear from copyright owners to include any credits due in future.