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  Angus Kennedy

  Head of External Relations

  Institute of Ideas
  

  Angus is the head of external relations for the Institute of Ideas. He is also responsible for the Institute of Ideas websites: Institute of Ideas, Battle of Ideas, Culture Wars and Debating Matters. Angus is a Battle of Ideas committee member, writes for spiked, and reviews for Culture Wars. He is also a member of the Emerging Economies Forum and helps organise its discussions.  He is particularly interested in new forms of political language, especially when they advance further erosions of our liberties and display an increasing contempt for our ability to live without interference or regulation. Angus believes that we should be free to say what we want and are quite capable of taking responsibility for what we do: words and deeds can still change the world. He wants a politics for adults: not patronising lectures and bans.  Angus has a degree in Classics from Oxford, in Linguistics from the University of London and an M. Phil. in Artificial Intelligence from Dundee University. He has always been interested in language, literature and questions of reading and meaning. His professional background is in IT consultancy and software process improvement. Angus organised the Battle for the Global Economy strand at the Battle of Ideas 2009 as well as chairing and speaking at a number of other sessions. For details see the Battle website.

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