Jonathan Dollimore
Professor of English, University of York
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
Death
Melvyn Bragg discusses the development of Western philosophy on the subject of death and examines how it has helped to shape our culture, literature, attitudes and rituals.
4 May 2000
Also featuring: Thomas Lynch, Marilyn Butler
The Individual
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the concept of the individual, from its place in Renaissance thought, its redefinition by Marx and Freud and its apparent demise in the 20th century.
21 October 1999
Also featuring: Richard Wollheim