Esther Leslie
Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London
2 episodes
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PhilosophyPhilosophers of literatureGerman male non-fiction writersJewish philosophersGerman male essayistsGerman philosophers of historyGerman philosophers of artGerman philosophers of cultureSocial philosophyJewish socialistsGerman philosophers of languageHumboldt University of Berlin alumni20th-century German philosophersGerman Marxist writersExilliteratur writersCultural studiesWriters from BerlinFrankfurter Zeitung peopleGerman literary critics20th-century German male writersGerman philosophers of technologySociological theoriesPolitical philosophyWeimar culture
Walter Benjamin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable philosopher and critic whose ideas, developed in the 1930s, became highly influential after his death while escaping the Holocaust.
10 February 2022
Also featuring: Kevin McLaughlin, Carolin Duttlinger
PhilosophyWriters from BerlinFrankfurter Zeitung peopleJewish socialistsGerman philosophers of artGerman philosophers of cultureGerman literary criticsGerman philosophers of languageGerman Marxist writersGerman male essayistsHumboldt University of Berlin alumniExilliteratur writers20th-century German male writersGerman philosophers of technology20th-century German philosophersPhilosophers of literatureGerman philosophers of historyGerman male non-fiction writersJewish philosophers20th centuryGermanyLanguageThe Frankfurt School
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Frankfurt School, a group of influential German thinkers who argued that culture keeps people passive.
14 January 2010
Also featuring: Jonathan Rée, Raymond Geuss