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This term eminent thinkers from a broad range of fields will be contributing to a series of lectures with the theme Understanding Society. Taking place on every Tuesday from tomorrow (16 October), the talks will be held in the Lady Mitchell Hall and are open to the public. The lecture series promises to provoke some deep questions about how we live and how we relate to each other." - Society is one of those words that are regularly bandied around often with little agreement, or discussion, about what they really mean. At its narrowest, society is a word used to describe a group of people united by a common interest or demarcated in other ways; at its widest, society is used as an umbrella term to describe all of us and how we live. Politicians are especially prone to pronouncements about society. One of the remarks for which Margaret Thatcher is best remembered was her declaration in 1987 that there was "no such thing" as society. She went on to say that instead there were just men and women, and families, and that people should look after themselves first, and then think about how to help their neighbours.
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