Video: The 2016 Edward W. Said London Lecture – Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World by Naomi Klein
We have just released the recording of this year’s lecture in memory of Edward Said, held by award-winning scholar, activist and author Naomi Klein.
Naomi Klein is the author of the critically acclaimed international bestsellers The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism; No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies; and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate which was one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year.
In her lecture, Klein discussed the “climate crisis and the central role that systems that rank the relative value of human beings – including but not limited to White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Orientalism – have played in deepening that crisis”, calling for immediate action. By challenging the powers of major environmental polluters, including corporations and governments, she demands that we start making life on earth liveable not just for some of us, but for all.
Watch the full lecture here:
The lecture was followed by questions from the audience, chaired by Shami Chakrabarti:
The 2016 Edward W. Said London Lecture was presented by A.M. Qattan Foundation/The Mosaic Rooms, the Southbank Centre and London Review of Books.
The lecture took place at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.