The Big Ideas
By guardian.co.uk
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Podcast Description
Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliché in order to analyse its true meaning
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The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society' | Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic | 8 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle' | Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase | 27 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead' | What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement | 3 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars | Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age' | 27 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: EF Schumacher's 'small is beautiful' | Economist Andrew Simms and Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of Schumacher's 'Buddhist economics' | 8 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' | Philosopher John Gray and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee are among those joining Benjamen Walker to consider the legacy of Smith's much-abused phrase | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: the banality of evil | In the second of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests consider the impact and legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous phrase | 16 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: The medium is the message | Audio: In the first of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests discuss the communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and his most famous line | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Big Ideas podcast: coming soon | Audio: Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliche in order to analyse its true meaning. The Big Ideas podcast starts on 21 July 2011 | 13 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Up there with In Our Time
This is great, shame they come along so infrequently.
