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Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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2 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2020
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Podcast episode
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A short trailer to introduce a new series of talks by David Runciman. In a series of twelve podcasts, he explores some of the most important thinkers and prominent ideas lying behind modern politics – from Hobbes to Gandhi, from democracy to patriarchy, from revolution to lock down. Plus he talks about the crises – revolutions, wars, depressions, pandemics – that generated these new ways of political thinking. From the team that brought you Talking Politics: a history of ideas to help make sense of what’s happening today. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (27)
Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics: Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is one of the most remarkable books in the history of ideas. A classic of early feminism, it uses what’s wrong with the relationship between men and women to illustrate what’s g... by Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS