Genius of the Modern World

Genius of the Modern World

B-152016•1h 0m•7.6/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(11)

Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 16, 2016

Last Aired

June 30, 2016

Networks

BBC Four

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Marx

E1

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.

Nietzsche

E2

Nietzsche

Air date: 2016-06-23

Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.

Freud

E3

Freud

Air date: 2016-06-30

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

Cast

Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes

Self - Presenter

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