Episode 9: Robert Putnam
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to the political scientist Robert Putnam.
In this episode, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks travels to Harvard University to speak to the political scientist Robert Putnam about what we mean by ‘society’, starting with a discussion about his seminal book, ‘Bowling Alone’, in which he described the loss of what sociologists call ‘social capital’ – the benefits we get from our social networks.
Producer: Dan Tierney
Series Editor: Christine Morgan
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