Ruth Kinna
Professor of Political Theory at Loughborough University
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophySocial philosophersPhilosophy writers20th-century atheistsSocial theories19th-century atheists20th-century essayistsAnti-consumeristsHistorians of the French RevolutionHistory of socialism19th-century essayistsRussian atheistsAnarchist writers19th-century non-fiction writers from the Russian EmpireHistory of social movementsHistoryRussian anarchists19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesHuman geographersBurials at Novodevichy CemeteryMembers of the International Workingmen's AssociationPolitical ideologiesLibertarianism
The Haymarket Affair
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the bombing at a Chicago workers' rally in 1886 and the trial, execution and subsequent pardoning of anarchists blamed for inciting the attack.
3 October 2024
Also featuring: Christopher Phelps, Gary Gerstle
Peter Kropotkin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the Russian prince who became an anarchist and who argued that mutual aid was the key to evolution not survival of the fittest
24 February 2022
Also featuring: Lee Dugatkin, Simon Dixon
History19th-century essayistsRussian anarchistsRussian atheists19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionaries20th-century atheistsHuman geographers20th-century essayistsSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersAnti-consumeristsHistorians of the French RevolutionAnarchist writersBurials at Novodevichy Cemetery19th-century non-fiction writers from the Russian Empire19th-century atheistsMembers of the International Workingmen's AssociationAnarchism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anarchism and why its political ideas became synonymous with chaos and disorder.
7 December 2006
Also featuring: John Keane, Peter Marshall