A. C. Grayling: Democracy and Its Crisis

With the advent of authoritarian leaders and the simultaneous rise of populism, representative democracy appears to be caught in crisis. What are the current benefits and contradictions of popular sovereignty? What reforms are needed to address the 21st century threats to democracy? A. C. Grayling is a British philosopher who is one of the UK’s most revered public intellectuals. The author of over 30 books, he is currently master of the New College of the Humanities in London.