Scientific Reason: Truth or Illusion?
Discussion on whether it is right that science can displace other forms of knowledge
The End of the Jewish Example
Al Alvarez hosts a discussion of the Jewish contribution to western culture
The End of the Jewish Example
A Slow Catastrophe
Frank Kermode argues that our culture seems to be in decline
A Slow Catastrophe
Mere Passing Fashions
A discussion of how the dictates of commercialism force a new fashion in art each year
Mere Passing Fashions
Art, Repression and Freedom
Discussing whether an authoritarian system can produce more creativity than the free West
Art, Repression and Freedom
To Tell a Story
John Berger and Susan Sontag exchange ideas on the 'lost art' of story-telling
To Tell a Story
Sexuality and Identity
Richard Sennett argues that movements defined by sexuality could be diminished
Sexuality and Identity
Is Jimmy Porter Dead?
David Edgar argues that an ominous change is taking place in British theatre
Is Jimmy Porter Dead?
Feminism and Culture
Mary Warnock questions a separate feminist approach to art and literature
Feminism and Culture
Farewell to the Working Class
Andre Gorz argues that technological change will dispense with work as we know it
Farewell to the Working Class
The Death of Literature?
Terry Eagleton argues that literature is in crisis, isolated from society's major concerns
The Death of Literature?
The Turning Point
Fritjof Capra argues that the mechanical world-view of Newton and Descartes is outmoted
The Turning Point
Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
Professor Ted Honderich chairs a discussion of the relationship between mind and brain
Whose Mind Is It Anyway?
Artificial Intelligence: New Minds for Old
A discussion on whether computers can replicate understanding and consciousness
Artificial Intelligence: New Minds for Old
The Chip, the Bird, the Wire and the Screen
Technologies of Freedom? Exploring the underlying implications of the high tech revolution
The Chip, the Bird, the Wire and the Screen
Artificial Intelligence: Too Clever by Half?
A discussion on the implications of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: Too Clever by Half?
Our Place in the Natural Order
A discussion on the relationship of the human world with the animal world
Our Place in the Natural Order
Sociobiology: Culture on a Leash?
A discussion on the validity of the science of sociobiology
Sociobiology: Culture on a Leash?
The Post Modern Condition: The End of Politics?
Discussing whether socialism and liberalism will give way to a new post-modern politics
The Post Modern Condition: The End of Politics?
Art after Modernism
A look at how if the new art is to survive, it must maintain its position of 'marginality'
Art after Modernism
Scientific Reason: Truth or Illusion?
Discussion on whether it is right that science can displace other forms of knowledge
Scientific Reason: Truth or Illusion?