Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Feminist theorists

Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality.

2 episodes

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PhilosophyEnlightenment philosophersEnglish essayistsAtheist philosophersExistentialistsUniversity of Paris alumniWriters from Paris20th-century French philosophersFrench atheistsFrench political philosophersPhilosophers of sexualityEnglish travel writersFormer Roman CatholicsFrench philosophers of educationFrench women philosophers20th-century French novelistsBritish philosophers of educationEnglish feminist writers, English feministsEnglish women novelistsWriters of Gothic fictionBisexual novelistsEnglish philosophersEnglish republicansFrench LGBTQ novelistsFrench feministsFrench literary criticsFrench philosophers of artFrench women novelistsHistorians of the French RevolutionScholars of feminist philosophy18th-century British essayists18th-century British philosophers18th-century English novelists20th-century French women writersBisexual memoiristsBritish women essayistsBurials at Montparnasse CemeteryBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchEnglish UnitariansEnglish educational theoristsEnglish women philosophersFounders of English schools and collegesFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writersFrench communistsGerman–English translatorsJerusalem Prize recipientsSocialist feminists18th-century English historians20th-century French memoiristsBisexual women writersCommunist women writersDeaths from pneumonia in France, Prix Goncourt winnersDeaths in childbirthFeminist studies scholarsFrench Marxists, French anti-war activistsFrench–English translatorsGodwin familyPeople from Somers Town, London
  1. Mary Wollstonecraft

    Melvyn Bragg and guests John Mullan, Karen O'Brien and Barbara Taylor discuss the life and ideas of the pioneering British Enlightenment thinker Mary Wollstonecraft.

    31 December 2009

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    Featuring: Karen O'Brien, John Mullan, Barbara Taylor

     
  2. Simone 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

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    Featuring: Christina Howells, Margaret Atack, Ursula Tidd