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A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. Thisweek he's asking 'Wh...at is Love?'.Helping him answer it are theologian Giles Fraser, writer Lisa Appignanesi, classicist Edith Hall andpsychotherapist Mark Vernon.For the rest of the week Giles, Lisa, Edith and Mark will take us further into the history of ideas about love with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine Freud's ideas on erotic love, Jesus and altruism, the first guidance on how to be a loving parent, by Rousseau and Aristophanes' speech which explains how love was born.
A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. Thisweek he's asking 'Wh...at is Love?'.Helping him answer it are theologian Giles Fraser, writer Lisa Appignanesi, classicist Edith Hall andpsychotherapist Mark Vernon.For the rest of the week Giles, Lisa, Edith and Mark will take us further into the history of ideas about love with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine Freud's ideas on erotic love, Jesus and altruism, the first guidance on how to be a loving parent, by Rousseau and Aristophanes' speech which explains how love was born.
| Series: | A history of ideas |
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| First transmission date: | 2015-07-27 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Published: | 2015 |
| 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 OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:12:00 |
| Note: | Radio 4 version |
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| Producer: | Melvin Rickarby |
| Presenter: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Contributors: | Melvyn Bragg; Giles Fraser; Lisa Appignanesi; Edith Hall; Mark Vernon |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | PEK14000232 |
| Available to public: | no |
