1995 Massey Lectures
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The 1995 Massey Lectures were a series of influential Canadian radio talks delivered for CBC Radio’s annual Massey Lectures program, later adapted into the book "The Unconscious Civilization."
All labels observed (1)
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| 1995 Massey Lectures canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1995 Massey Lectures Context triple: [The Unconscious Civilization, basedOn, 1995 Massey Lectures]
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A.
Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures are a prestigious series of public lectures on natural theology, delivered at Scottish universities by leading scholars and thinkers since the late 19th century.
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B.
Adventures of Ideas
Adventures of Ideas is a philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that explores the historical development and interplay of ideas shaping civilization, culture, and human experience.
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C.
1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
The 1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures were a series of public talks by physicist Richard Feynman that introduced the principles of quantum electrodynamics to a general audience and later formed the basis of his book "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter."
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D.
The Pisa Lectures
The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
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E.
The New Course
The New Course is a 1923 political work by Leon Trotsky in which he critiques the emerging bureaucratization of the Soviet state and party after the Russian Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1995 Massey Lectures Target entity description: The 1995 Massey Lectures were a series of influential Canadian radio talks delivered for CBC Radio’s annual Massey Lectures program, later adapted into the book "The Unconscious Civilization."
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A.
Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures are a prestigious series of public lectures on natural theology, delivered at Scottish universities by leading scholars and thinkers since the late 19th century.
-
B.
Adventures of Ideas
Adventures of Ideas is a philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that explores the historical development and interplay of ideas shaping civilization, culture, and human experience.
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C.
1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures
The 1983 Alix G. Mautner Memorial Lectures were a series of public talks by physicist Richard Feynman that introduced the principles of quantum electrodynamics to a general audience and later formed the basis of his book "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter."
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D.
The Pisa Lectures
The Pisa Lectures are a series of influential talks by Noam Chomsky that laid out the core ideas of his Government and Binding theory in generative grammar.
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E.
The New Course
The New Course is a 1923 political work by Leon Trotsky in which he critiques the emerging bureaucratization of the Soviet state and party after the Russian Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Massey Lectures series
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radio lecture series ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Unconscious Civilization
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surface form:
The Unconscious Civilization (book)
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| associatedWork |
The Unconscious Civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
The Unconscious Civilization (book)
|
| audience | general public ⓘ |
| authorOfBookAdaptation | John Ralston Saul ⓘ |
| basedOn | lectures by John Ralston Saul ⓘ |
| broadcaster |
CBC
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| distribution | radio broadcast ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Massey Lectures
ⓘ
surface form:
1996 Massey Lectures
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| format | radio talks ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedBy |
Anansi Press
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surface form:
House of Anansi Press
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| lecturer | John Ralston Saul ⓘ |
| location | Canada ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| network | CBC Radio One ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critiquing corporate influence on democracy
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influencing Canadian public discourse on citizenship ⓘ |
| partOf | Massey Lectures ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Massey Lectures
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surface form:
1994 Massey Lectures
|
| producer |
CBC Radio One
ⓘ
surface form:
CBC Radio
|
| publisher |
CBC
ⓘ
surface form:
CBC Radio
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| series |
Massey Lectures
ⓘ
surface form:
CBC Massey Lectures
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| seriesTitle | The Unconscious Civilization ⓘ |
| subject |
citizenship
ⓘ
civilization ⓘ consumerism ⓘ corporatism ⓘ democracy ⓘ |
| titleOfBookAdaptation | The Unconscious Civilization ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | public intellectual lectures ⓘ |
| year | 1995 ⓘ |
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