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Back to Search19th Century Cornwall: Popular Protest, Religion and the Path to Brexit
Season 1 Episode 12
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An unlikely through-line from Cornish popular protest to modern Euroscepticism.
Welcome to the debut episode of Academy to Arena, a ca…
2 years, 10 months ago
Natural Law and Natural Rights
Season 1 Episode 12
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Where do rights come from if not from government? The natural law tradition that still underwrites modern human rights language.
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2 years, 10 months ago
Resistance and Reformation
Season 1 Episode 12
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When is resisting political authority a duty rather than a crime? The Reformation forced Europe to answer.
Embark on a historical odys…
2 years, 11 months ago
Saviël ter Hart on 'How Should Moral Ideas be Formed?'
Season 1 Episode 11
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A philosopher's case for how moral ideas actually take shape — and what that means for how we argue about ethics today.
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3 years ago
Meddling with the Medieval
Season 1 Episode 10
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Why the "Dark Ages" label is mostly wrong, and what actually made medieval political thought so inventive.
Uncover the minds of the me…
3 years ago
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Pt. 4, The Social Contract & Emile
Season 1 Episode 9
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Join us for the concluding segment of our exploration into the profound ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Beyond the Text: Thinkers. …
3 years ago
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Pt. 3, Discourse on Inequality
Season 1 Episode 8
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Welcome to Beyond the Text: Thinkers, where we delve deep into philosophical ideas. In this episode, we explore Jean-Jacques Rousseau…
3 years ago
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Pt. 2, Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
Season 1 Episode 7
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Welcome to Beyond the Text: Thinkers, a special edition hosted by Samuel Woodall, offering a unique exploration of intellectual histo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Pt. 1, Characteristics, Contracts & Confessions
Season 1 Episode 6
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Welcome to Beyond the Text: Thinkers. Join us today as we embark on the first part of our journey through the (counter-)Enlightenment…
3 years, 1 month ago
All the Classics: Part 2, Confucius (Kong Fuzi) & the Axial Age
Season 1 Episode 5
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Confucius belongs to a strange global moment — the Axial Age — when several civilizations invented moral philosophy independently.
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3 years, 1 month ago