Our Culture, What's Left of It

Jun 2, 2005

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Theodore Dalrymple talked about his book Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses, published by Ivan R. Dee, in an event sponsored by the Manhattan Institute at the Harvard Club in New York City. It is a collection of essays consisting of cultural, political and literary comment all relating to what the author sees as .. Read More
Theodore Dalrymple talked about his book Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses, published by Ivan R. Dee, in an event sponsored by the Manhattan Institute at the Harvard Club in New York City. It is a collection of essays consisting of cultural, political and literary comment all relating to what the author sees as a cultural decline. After his presentation he answered audience questions.

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00:00:17 none WANTING THINGS TO BE QUIET HERE FOR US. NOW, SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER MY SAYING THAT MY FIRST AIM...
00:06:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MYRON, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE, AS ALWAYS, TO COME TO THE MANHATTAN...
00:08:47 Unidentified Speaker AND HAVE HELPED TO BRING ABOUT CATASTROPHES ON BOTH THE LARGE AND SMALL SCALE. WELL, IT WAS GEORGE...
00:12:32 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S NOT A CLAIM I WOULD MAKE FOR MYSELF. KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT LAW, MEDICINE PHILOSOPHY, SEAMANSHIP,...
00:22:20 Unidentified Speaker WHY DON'T WE GO ON. [APPLAUSE]
00:22:30 Unidentified Speaker TONY, IF YOU WILL GO BACK.
00:22:32 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SHAKESPEARE WAS SO ACCURATE A CLINICAL OBSERVER, NOT IN SPITE OF HIS LACK OF MEDICAL TRAINING,...
00:24:48 Unidentified Speaker AND WHILE HE MIGHT HAVE ADDED THE ENDLESS STRUGGLE TO LOOK WELL IN THE EYES OF THEIR FELLOW INTELLECTUALS...
00:25:10 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS. AND DO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE? TWO MICROPHONES, EITHER END OF THE...
00:25:39 Unidentified Speaker I THANK YOU. YOU HAVE READ -- IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE PORTRAIT OF A DOCTOR IN THIS BOOK,...
00:25:54 Unidentified Speaker I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK, SO I CAN'T REALLY COMMENT. PERHAPS YOU COULD DESCRIBE IT TO ME.
00:25:59 Unidentified Speaker I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER IT WAS IN A REGULAR -- WHAT KIND OF HOSPITAL HE WAS IN. ORAL SURGEON,...
00:26:16 Unidentified Speaker YES. THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO COMMENT WITHOUT HAVING READ THE BOOK. YOU ARE A KEEN OBSERVER,...
00:27:02 Unidentified Speaker WELL, TO ME IT LOOKS AS IF CERTAINLY BY COMPARISON, YOU HAVE MADE PROGRESS, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE RESISTANCE...
00:28:12 Unidentified Speaker IF I CAN JUST FOLLOW ON THAT, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHY? BECAUSE READING WHAT YOU WRITE, SOCIAL PATHOLOGY...
00:28:29 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AS THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMS, IT'S DROPPING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS WELL. THE TROUBLE IS THAT OUR...
00:30:27 Unidentified Speaker IS THAT TRUE IN THE UNITED STATES?
00:30:30 Unidentified Speaker IT -- WELL, CERTAINLY WITH REGARD TO DRUNKENNESS, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TRUE. CERTAINLY -- I DON'T...
00:30:47 Unidentified Speaker IN OUR COUNTRY, RELIGION PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY. IT'S VERY STRONG. YOU HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT...
00:31:12 Unidentified Speaker WELL, RELIGION IS DEFINITELY DEAD IN ENGLAND, REALLY. ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SMALL REVIVAL IN THE SLUMS,...
00:32:32 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF YOUR WORK. HAVE YOU WRITTEN ON THE SINGLE PAIR SYSTEM, AND...
00:32:46 Unidentified Speaker NO, I HAVEN'T -- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAD SUGGESTED THAT PHARMACEUTICALS, INDUSTRY SHOULD BE...
00:33:12 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT IN THE MEDIA OF LATE ABOUT A CLASS IN AMERICA, THE LACK OF MOBILITY AMONG...
00:33:51 Unidentified Speaker WELL, CLASSES ARE A VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECT IN ENGLAND, BECAUSE WHAT IS VERY STRIKING ABOUT ENGLAND...
00:36:04 Unidentified Speaker A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. ARE YOU SAYING THAT -- ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO OPEN...
00:36:26 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE NOW FEWER OF THE LOWER CLASS IN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE THAN THERE WERE BEFORE THEY MADE ANY...
00:36:52 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:36:54 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE SOME OF US, MAYBE I AM IN THE MINORITY, WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH YOUR WORK. YOUR TITLE...
00:37:31 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR SOCIETY IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM ANY...
00:38:40 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK WE ARE INCREASINGLY IN BRITAIN, ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE THIS. FOR EXAMPLE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE...
00:40:04 Unidentified Speaker YOUR WORK, DENY OF REALITY BY THE INTELLECTUAL CLASS, THAT THEY SIMPLY DON'T NOTICE THE FACTS ABOUT...
00:40:38 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I AM SAYING IS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO FOLLOW THE TRAIN OF THEIR THOUGHTS BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO...
00:42:31 Unidentified Speaker THE SOCIETY I GREW UP SEEMED TO BE A VERY HOMOGENEOUS SOCIETY IN THE 1960'S, AND I WAS AT CAMBRIDGE...
00:42:50 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION WOULD HAVE BEEN SO SERIOUS IF WE HAD NOT GONE IN FOR IDEAS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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