2016–2016 · BBC Four · Ended
Genius of the Modern World
History
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world: Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.Born in the 19th century, they lived through a time when old certainties were breaking down. Regimes were overthrown by mass uprisings, science was undermining religious authority. Their challenge was to figure out what makes us human in a fast-evolving world.
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BBC FourTV network · United Kingdom
Thursday at 21:00 (Europe/London)
This series has ended.
Last aired
S01E03 · Freud
2016-06-30
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Episodes
- E01
Marx
2016-06-16 · 60 min
- E02
Nietzsche
2016-06-23 · 60 min
- E03
Freud
2016-06-30 · 60 min
