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A History of Political Thought

Series looking at political thinkers and sets of political beliefs throughout history

World Service,12 episodes

Episodes

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Confucious
A look at the writings and life of the Chinese philosopher Confucious
13 mins12 Dec 2001
Plato and Aristotle
The legacies of 'the most influential philosophers who ever lived'
13 mins10 Jan 2002
Cicero and Augustine
A look at the teachings and philosophies of Romans Cicero and Augustine
13 mins17 Jan 2002
Early Muslim Political Thinkers
A look at the relationship between politics and faith in the foundation of Islam
13 mins24 Jan 2002
Machiavelli
A profile of the Italian Renaissance politician and philosopher
13 mins31 Jan 2002
Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and his belief that knowledge and virtue do not go together
13 mins02 Feb 2002
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, who believed that life without society is "nasty, brutish, and short."
13 mins07 Feb 2002
John Locke
Profile of 17th century philosopher John Locke and his theories on the rights to property
13 mins08 Feb 2002
Liberalism
A look at Liberalism and the works of Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
13 mins26 Feb 2002
Karl Marx
A look at the life and theories of the father of communism
13 mins05 Mar 2002
Nationalism
A look at the 'quintessentially modern' phenonemon of Nationalism
13 mins14 Mar 2002
Green Political Thought
A look at environmental political ideas, including decentralisation and anti-consumerism
13 mins20 Mar 2002