Genius of the Modern World
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Documentary
Seasons
1. Marx
Air Date: 2016-06-16
Bettany begins her journey in the city of Trier on the banks of the Mosel in Germany. It was here on the 5 May 1818 that Karl Marx, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century was born.
2. Nietzsche
Air Date: 2016-06-23
Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.
3. Freud
Air Date: 2016-06-30
Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
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Rating
7.4/10
Release Date
2016-06-16
Episodes
3 (1 seasons)
Status
Ended
