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Dr Tom Wright: 'The long failure of the enlightenment project'

The retiring Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright, has called for a renewed focus on social mobility in the light of "the long failure of the enlightenment project".

Speaking to James Naughtie, he said that in an "increasingly religious age" we needed to find new ways of dealing with the way "human beings mess things up".

This is an extended version of the broadcast interview.


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