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In this programme Lord Briggs addresses the question of why a study of 19th century Victorian Culture and Society should be important to us today. He starts by identifying the degree to which moder...n society has been formed by 19th century developments - in technology and communications, in the growing importance of science and in the architecture and infrastructure of so many of our present day cities - all of which still affects us now. Lord Briggs warns agains thinking of the Victorian age as one homogenous period from the 1840s to 1900. While accepting that there was often a large degree of complacency about culture and society during Victoria's long reign, he also reminds us that there was more diversity of opinion and complexity in Victorian society than we have been led to believe. Finally Lord Brigs discusses the impossibility of describing the Victorian period as the great age of either science or religion and points out that in both cases the situation was far more complex than historians have often suggested.
In this programme Lord Briggs addresses the question of why a study of 19th century Victorian Culture and Society should be important to us today. He starts by identifying the degree to which moder...n society has been formed by 19th century developments - in technology and communications, in the growing importance of science and in the architecture and infrastructure of so many of our present day cities - all of which still affects us now. Lord Briggs warns agains thinking of the Victorian age as one homogenous period from the 1840s to 1900. While accepting that there was often a large degree of complacency about culture and society during Victoria's long reign, he also reminds us that there was more diversity of opinion and complexity in Victorian society than we have been led to believe. Finally Lord Brigs discusses the impossibility of describing the Victorian period as the great age of either science or religion and points out that in both cases the situation was far more complex than historians have often suggested.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 08 |
| Recording date: | 1986-04-23 |
| First transmission date: | 1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:35 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributors: | Asa Briggs; Arthur Marwick |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 19th century; Communications; Technology |
| Master spool number: | MKL616_86YA0056LJO |
| Production number: | 86YA0056LJO |
| Available to public: | no |
