The Big Ideas
The Guardian
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Every month, a group of academics, columnists and philosophers dissect a phrase that's become an intellectual cliché in order to analyse its true meaning
Recent Episodes
JUL 10, 2012
The Big Ideas podcast: Rousseau's 'Man is born free'
On the tricentenary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the Swiss-born French philosopher
12 MIN
MAY 9, 2012
The Big Ideas podcast: Plato's 'just society'
Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of Plato's Republic
9 MIN
MAR 28, 2012
The Big Ideas podcast: Guy Debord's 'society of the spectacle'
Benjamen Walker explores situationism and the legacy of French philosopher Guy Debord's famous phrase
13 MIN
FEB 4, 2012
The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Nietzsche's 'God is dead'
What did Nietzsche mean by the death of God? Benjamen Walker and guests explore the legacy of the German philosopher's statement
14 MIN
DEC 27, 2011
The Big Ideas podcast: Friedrich Kittler's computer wars
Philosopher Avital Ronell and novelist Tom McCarthy are among those joining Benjamen Walker to discuss the legacy of 'the Derrida of the digital age'
13 MIN
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