"Last month, as the Nobel peace prize eluded Donald Trump's covetous grasp, the Harvard professor Michael Sandel received an accolade sometimes described as a Nobel equivalent for philosophers. The $1m Berggruen prize is awarded annually to a thinker deemed to have helped humanity find wisdom, direction, and improved self-understanding. Somewhat wistfully, given the state of the polls, I found my mind wandering back to the early 2010s, when Sandel was recruited by the Labour party to deliver just these benefits to the British centre left."
"As post-Brexit Britain has polarised, it is Faragian national conservatism that has come to monopolise the politics of community, and lay claim to other forms of unity rooted in place, culture and identity. Think flags of St George, Christian symbols and Robert Jenrick lamenting the absence of a friendly white face in Handsworth. Progressives have responded by rallying to the defence of universal rights and a vision of global justice and equality founded on the celebration of dive"
Michael Sandel received the $1m Berggruen prize for contributing to humanity's wisdom, direction and self-understanding. In the early 2010s he engaged with the Labour party as it pursued a One Nation politics to address deepening social fissures. Sandel urged anchoring social justice and equality in traditions of solidarity, civic virtue and community. That synthesis failed to materialize. Post-Brexit Britain polarized and Faragian national conservatism came to monopolize the politics of community, claiming unity rooted in place, culture and identity. Progressive responses focused on defending universal rights and a vision of global justice and equality founded on celebration of diversity.
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