A new series of talks by David Runciman, in which 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.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| History of Ideas Q and A | 2021-05-08 | ||
| Shklar on Hypocrisy | 2021-04-20 | ||
| Nozick on Utopia | 2021-04-13 | ||
| Rawls on Justice | 2021-04-06 | ||
| De Beauvoir on the Other | 2021-03-30 | ||
| Schumpeter on Democracy | 2021-03-23 | ||
| Schmitt on Friend vs Enemy | 2021-03-16 | ||
| Luxemburg on Revolution | 2021-03-09 | ||
| Nietzsche on Morality | 2021-03-02 | ||
| Butler on Machines | 2021-02-23 | ||
| Douglass on Slavery | 2021-02-16 | ||
| Bentham on Pleasure | 2021-02-09 | ||
| Rousseau on Inequality | 2021-02-02 | ||
| Q & A with David | 2020-07-03 | ||
| Fukuyama on History | 2020-05-25 | ||
| MacKinnon on Patriarchy | 2020-05-22 | ||
| Fanon on Colonialism | 2020-05-18 | ||
| Arendt on Action | 2020-05-15 | ||
| Hayek on the Market | 2020-05-11 | ||
| Weber on Leadership | 2020-05-08 |