1988 Reith Lectures The Flawed Meltong Pot The Flawed Melting Pot
'The Soviet Union is a decidedly unusual imperial entity. It is numerically dominated by one nation, the Russians. But that domination has not enabled the Russians to flourish economically, even by comparison with many of their ostensible 'colonies'. Nor have the languages and cultures of the principal non-Russian peoples withered. The truth is that this is not in the normal sense a Russian empire. It is a communist one, perhaps the first empire in history to be ruled over by a political party. From that fact flow the anomalies and contradictions of this unprecedented multi-national union.'
The 41st BBC Reith Lectures: The rediscovery of Politics, Authority, Culture and Community on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Primary Title
- 1988 Reith Lectures
Secondary Title
- The Flawed Meltong Pot
Episode Title
- The Flawed Melting Pot
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 28 June 1989
Start Time
- 21 : 02
Finish Time
- 21 : 32
Duration
- 29:39
Episode
- 4
Channel
- 1YC
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
- 1YC
Owning Organisation
- BBC
Programme Description
- The 41st BBC Reith Lectures: The rediscovery of Politics, Authority, Culture and Community on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Episode Description
- 'The Soviet Union is a decidedly unusual imperial entity. It is numerically dominated by one nation, the Russians. But that domination has not enabled the Russians to flourish economically, even by comparison with many of their ostensible 'colonies'. Nor have the languages and cultures of the principal non-Russian peoples withered. The truth is that this is not in the normal sense a Russian empire. It is a communist one, perhaps the first empire in history to be ruled over by a political party. From that fact flow the anomalies and contradictions of this unprecedented multi-national union.'
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=reith+lectures+1988&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search
Genres
- Current affairs
- History
- Politics
Hosts
- Geoffrey Hosking (Lecturer)