PODCAST
The Big Ideas
by The Guardian
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: Rousseau's 'Man is born free'
On the tricentenary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the Swiss-born French philosopher
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9
The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'
Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic
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8
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
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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
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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'
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5
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'
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The Big Ideas podcast: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' - audio
Philosopher John Gray and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee are among those joining Benjamen Walker to consider the legacy of Smith's much-abused phrase
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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
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The Big Ideas podcast: The medium is the message
In the first of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests discuss the communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and his most famous line
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The Big Ideas podcast: coming soon
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
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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
HOSTED BY
The Guardian
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