Teresa Bejan
Professor of Political Theory and Fellow of Oriel College, University of Oxford
3 episodes
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The Levellers
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the group of political radicals who refused to doff their hats and pioneered petitions and pamphlets to reimagine the English constitution
21 May 2026
Also featuring: Ted Vallance, Clare Jackson
Civility: talking with those who disagree with you
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about the best aspects of civility (and the worst) from the Renaissance to today as explored by Hobbes, Williams, Locke and Rawls.
3 July 2025
Also featuring: Phil Withington, John Gallagher
Mary Astell
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731) who has been described as "the first English feminist".
5 November 2020
Also featuring: Hannah Dawson, Mark Goldie
PhilosophyFeminist studies scholars17th-century English writers18th-century English women writers17th-century pseudonymous writersBritish women's rights activistsFeminism and history18th-century English philosophers18th-century British philosophersEnglish feminist writers, English feminists18th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish women non-fiction writersEnglish women activists18th-century English writers17th-century English women writersPseudonymous women writers17th-century English educatorsEnglish educational theorists18th-century pseudonymous writers17th-century English philosophersEnglish rhetoricians17th century18th century