Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

9 January 2024.

‘When we accuse a country of being a “coloniser”, it’s meant as a bad thing. But what if colonialism is okay? What if the British Empire was, on balance… good? That’s the position of Nigel Biggar, a Professor Emeritus at Oxford University whose new book, “Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning”, is making heads explode all over Britain. Join Josh as he tries to wrestle with the ethics of the Raj, indigenous rights, racism, and one of the greatest crimes – or greatest virtues? – in political history.’

– From the episode description

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