10 episodes

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 Big Ideas The Guardian

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.3 • 19 Ratings

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

    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

    • 12 min
    The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'

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

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

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

    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

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

    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

    • 14 min
    The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars

    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'

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

    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'

    • 12 min

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4.3 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

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