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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

The Guardian


    • Jul 10, 2012 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 10 EPISODES


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    The Big Ideas podcast: Rousseau's 'Man is born free'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2012 12:41


    On the tricentenary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the Swiss-born French philosopher

    The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2012 9:49


    Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic

    The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2012 13:18


    Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase

    The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2012 14:04


    What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement

    The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2011 13:16


    Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age'

    The Big Ideas podcast: EF Schumacher's 'small is beautiful'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2011 12:03


    Economist Andrew Simms and Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of Schumacher's 'Buddhist economics'

    The Big Ideas podcast: Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' - audio

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2011 12:14


    Philosopher John Gray and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee are among those joining Benjamen Walker to consider the legacy of Smith's much-abused phrase

    The Big Ideas podcast: the banality of evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2011 20:13


    In the second of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests consider the impact and legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous phrase

    The Big Ideas podcast: The medium is the message

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2011 10:35


    In the first of a series of philosophy podcasts, Benjamen Walker and guests discuss the communication theorist Marshall McLuhan and his most famous line

    The Big Ideas podcast: coming soon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2011 0:37


    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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