Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Richard Bourke

Professor in the History of Political Thought at Queen Mary, University of London

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3 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

PhilosophyFellows of the Royal SocietySocial philosophersPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of religionPhilosophers of cultureEnlightenment philosophersPhilosophers of lawPhilosophers of education18th-century philosophersPhilosophers of economicsFrench Roman CatholicsNatural law ethicistsFrench political philosophersPolitical philosophersPhilosophers of artMembers of the Académie FrançaiseVirtue ethicistsClassical liberalismFrench philosophers of historyMembers of the Prussian Academy of Sciences18th-century English male writersAlumni of Trinity College DublinHistorians of the French Revolution18th-century English writersEnglish libertariansIrish AnglicansBritish political philosophers18th-century French male writers18th-century French philosophersContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)SovereigntyEnglish people of Irish descentWriters from Dublin (city)StreathamitesAnglican philosophersConservatismCritics of deismMembers of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies, British MPs 1780–178418th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish writers, 18th-century Irish male writersFrench political writersHistoryRectors of the University of GlasgowBritish MPs 1774–178018th-century English philosophers18th-century Irish philosophersBritish MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1784–1790Irish Freemasons, Irish people of English descent, Irish libertarians

  1. Montesquieu

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of the French political philosopher (1689-1755) whose work on liberty and republicanism, banned at home, influenced the US constitution.

    14 June 2018

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    Also featuring: Rachel Hammersley, Richard Whatmore

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    HistoryFellows of the Royal SocietyEnlightenment philosophersPhilosophers of lawFrench Roman CatholicsFrench political philosophersMembers of the Académie FrançaiseFrench philosophers of historyMembers of the Prussian Academy of Sciences18th-century French male writers18th-century French philosophersContributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)French political writers

  2. Sovereignty

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty, from ancient Greece and Rome to wars in France in the 1500s, to Thomas Hobbes and the revolutionary era.

    30 June 2016

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    Also featuring: Melissa Lane, Tim Stanton

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  3. Edmund Burke

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke, whose views on revolution in America and France were hugely influential.

    3 June 2010

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    Also featuring: Karen O'Brien, John Keane

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    PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of religionPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of education18th-century philosophersPhilosophers of economicsNatural law ethicistsPolitical philosophersPhilosophers of artVirtue ethicistsClassical liberalism18th-century English male writersAlumni of Trinity College DublinHistorians of the French Revolution18th-century English writersEnglish libertariansIrish AnglicansBritish political philosophersEnglish people of Irish descentWriters from Dublin (city)StreathamitesAnglican philosophersConservatismCritics of deismRectors of the University of GlasgowBritish MPs 1774–178018th-century English philosophers18th-century Irish philosophersMembers of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies, British MPs 1780–178418th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish writers, 18th-century Irish male writersBritish MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1784–1790Irish Freemasons, Irish people of English descent, Irish libertarians