Esther Leslie
Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyPhilosophers of literatureGerman male non-fiction writersJewish philosophersGerman philosophers of historyGerman male essayistsGerman philosophers of artGerman philosophers of cultureSocial philosophy20th-century German philosophersHumboldt University of Berlin alumniGerman philosophers of languageJewish socialistsGerman Marxist writersExilliteratur writersCultural studiesGerman philosophers of technologyGerman literary critics20th-century German male writersWriters from BerlinWeimar cultureSociological theoriesPolitical philosophy
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
PhilosophyJewish philosophersGerman philosophers of art20th-century German philosophersHumboldt University of Berlin alumniGerman Marxist writersGerman philosophers of languageGerman philosophers of technologyGerman literary criticsExilliteratur writers20th-century German male writersGerman philosophers of historyWriters from BerlinGerman philosophers of cultureGerman male essayistsGerman male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of literatureJewish socialistsThe 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