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HARDtalk: Roberto Unger

Political philosopher Roberto Unger

14/11/2013 GMT

Roberto Unger

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Roberto Unger

Stephen Sackur speaks to Roberto Unger, an influential Brazilian political philosopher.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Roberto Unger, an influential Brazilian political philosopher. He calls himself a revolutionary, but is the world ready for his progressive revolution?

What exactly is progressive politics? In the rich world it's identified with the centre left, with a faith in the state's ability to ameliorate the perceived excesses of market capitalism. HARDtalk speaks to Roberto Unger, an influential Brazilian political philosopher who has a much more ambitious take on what it means to be progressive. He calls himself a revolutionary, but is the world - rich or poor - ready for his progressive revolution?  

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