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Episodes
286--287 Eternal Sicily in the Modern Age
12/1/2023
"Everything must change for everything to remain the same" - this is how Tomasi di Lampedusa describes life in Sicily in his novel The Leopard.
Duration:00:17:50
270–271 Karl Polanyi and capitalism
10/26/2023
Duration:00:16:50
284–285 Prince Oleg of Kiev – the epic hero
10/22/2023
In the 10th century, Kievan Rus was first a military-trade company. Later, it turned into a Slavic state. Prince Oleg settled in Kiev and named it the mother of the cities of Rus.
Duration:00:21:33
282–283 International relations - theories and approaches
10/1/2023
Realism, liberalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, and Constructivism are the major approaches to international relations.
Duration:00:17:45
280–281 Gnostics and the Bible
9/18/2023
If Christianity is about Christ, why is the Old Testament included in the Bible?
Duration:00:18:09
278–279 Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes
9/7/2023
Thomas Hobbes founded a theory of modern state, as he looked for a way to stop religious wars that afflicted Europe and England, in particular, in the 16th and 17th centuries. He based his theory on the fear of death that is common for most people.
Duration:00:18:15
276–277 Nikolai Fedorov – resurrection and cosmos
8/19/2023
He slept on the chest and was wearing poor clothes – Nikolai Fedorov was an unassuming librarian and a mentor of Tsiolkovsky, a father of astronautics, as well as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, big writers.
Duration:00:17:12
274–275 Blaise Pascal – the last believer
7/31/2023
Blaise Pascal (1623– 1662) believed that we are great when we are aware of our insignificance.
Duration:00:19:46
272–273 Are there philosophers in Russia?
7/13/2023
In the 19th century, two names stand out when we think of philosophy in Russia – Alexander Herzen and Konstantin Leontiev. While Herzen was the father of Russian socialism, Leontiev was a conservative whose writings can explain how the idea of the decaying West came into being in Russia.
Duration:00:16:09
268-269 Did the Black Death delay the Renaissance?
6/29/2023
Where did the catastrophe of the 14 century come from? Was the Renaissance delayed?
Duration:00:15:04
266–267 Herodotus – the father of history
6/19/2023
In his treatise of 9 books, Herodotus described many peoples, countries, and events of the 5th century BC. He titled his work "History", which gave the name to a scholarly discipline.
Duration:00:14:29
265A Apologies and subscriptions
6/13/2023
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Duration:00:04:02
264–265 Iran between Islam and the West
5/9/2023
Duration:00:17:09
263–264 The borders of Iraq
4/24/2023
Duration:00:15:11
260–261 The birth of Middle East
4/10/2023
After the first world war, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Middle East emerged anew. What was the role of secular Arab nationalism in it?
Duration:00:13:24
258–259 German Romanticism
3/29/2023
Born as a reaction to the Enlightenment, German Romanticism embraced many of its ideas.
Duration:00:14:20
256–257 Russia’s Greek project
3/20/2023
Catherine the Great was German and she came up with the Greek project for Russia.
Duration:00:14:14
254–255 When Russia became part of Europe
3/13/2023
It happened when Russia won the war against Sweden, one of the most powerful European state, and became part of European geopolitical balance.
Duration:00:17:32
252–253 Jesuits in China
3/2/2023
Jesuits cast their missionary net far and wide. They aimed for China.
Duration:00:15:44
250–251 Goya, Spain, and modern art
2/22/2023
Francisco Goya was Spain's road to modernity.
Duration:00:14:18