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Obama: Professor President

Prof Kwame Anthony Appiah investigates president-elect Obama's academic career before his election to the US Senate and examines the intellectual ideas which influenced him.

Prof Kwame Anthony Appiah investigates president-elect Obama's academic career before his election to the US Senate in 2004.

He examines the intellectual ideas which influenced him during his time as a student at Harvard and later as a law professor at the University of Chicago, and considers what effect they might have on his policy-making as president.

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40 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 Jan 2009 17:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 6 Jan 2009 20:00
  • Sun 11 Jan 2009 17:00