The Big Ideas

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The Big Ideas podcast: Rousseau's 'Man is born free'

2012-07-1012:419

On the tricentenary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the Swiss-born French philosopher

The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'

2012-05-0909:494

Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic

The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle'

2012-03-2813:184

Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase

The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead'

2012-02-0414:043

What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement

The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars

2011-12-2713:162

Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age'

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