{"id":3465,"date":"2016-06-16T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T10:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2016-06-16T11:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T10:24:52","slug":"meet-geniuses-modern-world-oubbc-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/tv-radio\/meet-geniuses-modern-world-oubbc-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the geniuses of the modern world in OU\/BBC programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three of the greatest minds of the modern world are explored in a three-part series, presented by broadcaster and historian, Bettany Hughes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Broadcast on BBC Four at 21:00 from Thursday 16 June 2016, Genius of the Modern World<\/em><\/a> considers the lives of three men born in a 19th<\/sup> century world \u2013 a period dominated by advances in politics, science, and society. The series considers the impact of the political activist\u00a0Karl Marx<\/a>\u00a0on 20th<\/sup> century history in episode one; the equally brilliant and dangerous concepts of German philosopher\u00a0Friedrich Nietzsche<\/a>\u00a0in episode two; and the scientist known as the \u2018father of psychoanalysis\u2019\u00a0Sigmund Freud<\/a>\u00a0in episode three.<\/p>\n

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Criminology at the OU, and academic consultant on the programme, Dr Gerry Mooney<\/a>, provides insight into episode one of the programme:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis episode highlights key aspects of the life of Karl Marx and seeks to bring his thinking to the fore. His ideas are still widely discussed, but not always in a way that reflects his overarching political approach, or how they reveal the world he lived in and the monumental social and economic changes going on at the time, ” said Dr Mooney.<\/p>\n

The ideas and thoughts developed by Marx continue to provoke sharply differing reactions, but there\u2019s no question that his ideas continue to influence contemporary political, social and economic debate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to produce a \u2018balanced\u2019 account of his work but I hope that by showing his ideas in the context of his own life, the programme will encourage people to revisit his writing and perhaps look again at what their thoughts are about him,” he added.<\/p>\n

For more information on the ideas and themes in the programme, visit OpenLearn: www.open.edu\/openlearn\/whats-on\/tv\/genius-the-modern-world<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many courses from the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Science relevant to the programme:<\/p>\n

F30 – MA in Philosophy<\/a>
\nQ03 – BA Humanities
\nQ07 – Psychology<\/a>
\nQ11 \u00a0– International Studies<\/a>
\nQ43 – Philosophy and Psychological Studies<\/a>
\nQ45 – Politics, Philosophy and Economics<\/a>
\nQ69 – Combined Social Science<\/a>
\nQ83 – Social Psychology<\/a>
\nX09 – Foundation Degree in Counselling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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