The New School faculty
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers.
2 episodes
Episodes in this category also belong to the following categories:
CulturePhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of mindTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyWriters about activism and social changeMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of religionPhilosophers of scienceMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyWriters about religion and scienceAtheist philosophersPhilosophers of lawPhilosophers of social science20th-century atheistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesJewish philosophersMetaphilosophersWriters from ParisExistentialistsFrench atheistsGerman political philosophersMembers of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesUniversity of Paris alumni20th-century French philosophersLiteracy and society theoristsPhilosophers of languagePolitical philosophers20th-century essayistsGerman philosophers of education, German ethicistsJewish agnosticsMembers of the Académie FrançaisePhilosophers of technology20th-century German philosophersFrench philosophers of educationFrench philosophers of historyFrench philosophers of scienceMetaphysics writersWomen religious writersWriters about globalizationAmerican political philosophersCritical theoristsFrench male non-fiction writersFrench philosophers of culture, French sociologistsHeidelberg University alumniMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersPhenomenologistsAmerican philosophers of educationExilliteratur writersFrench epistemologistsGerman Ashkenazi JewsGerman agnosticsGerman women philosophersGrand Cross of the Legion of HonourIntellectual historyJewish atheistsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesLycée Condorcet alumniPhilosophers of linguistics20th-century American essayists20th-century American philosophers20th-century American women writers20th-century French male writers20th-century French memoirists20th-century German non-fiction writers20th-century German women writersAcademic staff of the Collège de FranceCorresponding fellows of the British AcademyFrench essayistsGerman Zionists, American Ashkenazi Jews, American agnostics, American ZionistsJewish existentialistsJewish historiansLinguists from FrancePrinceton University facultyScholars of antisemitismUniversity of Chicago faculty, Intellectual historiansUniversity of Marburg alumniWriters about communism
Hannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'.
2 February 2017
Featuring: Lyndsey Stonebridge, Frisbee Sheffield, Robert Eaglestone
PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of lawGerman political philosophersExistentialistsPolitical philosophersJewish agnosticsPhilosophers of technologyWomen religious writers20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican political philosophersExilliteratur writersGerman agnosticsGerman Ashkenazi JewsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesGerman women philosophersAmerican philosophers of educationPrinceton University faculty20th-century American essayists20th-century American women writers20th-century German women writers20th-century American philosophers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialistsThe New School facultyScholars of antisemitismUniversity of Marburg alumniGerman philosophers of education, German ethicistsGerman Zionists, American Ashkenazi Jews, American agnostics, American ZionistsUniversity of Chicago faculty, Intellectual historiansLévi-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 sociologists