Melvyn Bragg In Our Time: 25 Thinkers Who Shaped Modern Philosophy

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Melvyn Bragg and guests chart 500 years of Western philosophy through its most influential ideas and theorists'Listen to this and you'll never regret it' The IndependentFirst aired in 1998, In Our Time has become one of Radio 4's most beloved and enduring shows, regularly attracting an audience of over 2 million. Each week, Melvyn Bragg and his panel of guest experts take part in an erudite, stimulating discussion on subjects ranging from the Peasants' Revolt to plate tectonics, taking the listener on a fascinating tour through a wonderland of ideas.Collected in this special thematic anthology are 25 episodes showcasing notable individuals from Renaissance times to the present day who have transformed the way we think about the world. Included are philosophers such as Descartes, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Karl Marx, authors Albert Camus, Iris Murdoch, Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir, psychoanalyst Carl Jung and many other celebrated thinkers. Also featured are programmes on key philosophical themes, traditions and theories, among them existentialism, empiricism and feminism.Both an essential resource for philosophy students and a treasure trove for knowledge-seekers, this wonderfully curated collection of thought-provoking programmes will captivate longtime fans of the flagship BBC show, and surprise and delight those who are coming to it for the first time.Production creditsPresented by Melvyn BraggProduced by Natalia Fernandez, Thomas Morris, Simon Tillotson and Victoria BrignellFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:Part I: Modern Philosophical TraditionsThe Continental-Analytic Split 10 November 2011Part II: Rationalism and EmpiricismConsciousness 25 November 1999Empiricism 10 June 2004Cogito Ergo Sum 28 April 2011Spinoza 3 May 2007Bishop Berkeley 20 March 2014David Hume 6 October 2011Part III: ExistentialismExistentialism 28 June 2001Schopenhauer 29 October 2009Kierkegaard 20 March 2008Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality 12 January 2017Camus 3 January 2008Part IV: Logic, Language and ScienceOrdinary Language Philosophy 7 November 2013Jung 2 December 2004Bertrand Russell 6 December 2012Wittgenstein 4 December 2003Bergson and Time 9 May 2019Popper 8 February 2007Part V: Moral PhilosophyVirtue 28 February 2002Kant's Categorical Imperative 21 September 2017Mill 18 May 2006Simone Weil 15 November 2012Iris Murdoch 21 October 2021Part VI: Political PhilosophyThe Social Contract 7 February 2008Machiavelli and the Italian City States 9 December 2004Hobbes 1 December 2005Rousseau on Education 10 October 2019Marx 14 July 2005Hannah Arendt 2 February 2017Part VII: Feminist PhilosophyFeminism 7 January 1999Mary Astell 5 November 2020Mary Wollstonecraft 31 December 2009Simone de Beauvoir 22 October 2015(c) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.