20th-century French memoirists
A memoir (; from French mémoire [me.mwaʁ], from Latin memoria 'memory, remembrance') is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual.
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Lévi-Strauss
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.
23 May 2013
Featuring: Adam Kuper, Christina Howells, Vincent Debaene
CultureOntologistsTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of mindWriters about activism and social changePhilosophers of religionMetaphysiciansMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyWriters about religion and scienceAtheist philosophersPhilosophers of social scienceForeign associates of the National Academy of Sciences20th-century atheistsJewish philosophersMetaphilosophersWriters from ParisFrench atheistsUniversity of Paris alumniMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesLiteracy and society theorists20th-century French philosophersPhilosophers of languageMembers of the Académie Française20th-century essayistsFrench philosophers of educationFrench philosophers of historyFrench philosophers of scienceMetaphysics writersWriters about globalizationFrench male non-fiction writersPhenomenologistsCritical theoristsJewish atheistsLycée Condorcet alumniFrench epistemologistsGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourIntellectual historyPhilosophers of linguisticsAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceThe New School faculty20th-century French memoiristsJewish historians20th-century French male writersCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyFrench essayistsLinguists from FranceWriters about communismFrench philosophers of culture, French sociologistsSimone de Beauvoir
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simone de Beauvoir - her work on existentialist ethics, philosophy and literature and her influence on feminism.
22 October 2015
Featuring: Christina Howells, Margaret Atack, Ursula Tidd
PhilosophyAtheist philosophersWriters from ParisFrench atheistsUniversity of Paris alumniPhilosophers of sexualityExistentialistsFrench political philosophers20th-century French philosophersFrench women philosophersFrench philosophers of education20th-century French novelistsFormer Roman CatholicsScholars of feminist philosophyFrench feministsFrench women novelistsFrench LGBTQ novelistsFrench literary critics20th-century French women writersBisexual novelistsBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryFrench communistsJerusalem Prize recipientsFrench philosophers of artSocialist feministsFeminist studies scholarsCommunist women writers20th-century French memoiristsFeminist theoristsFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writersBisexual memoirists, Bisexual women writersPrix Goncourt winners, Deaths from pneumonia in FranceFrench Marxists, French anti-war activists