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Key Thinkers
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Elisabeth Presa | Melbourne | Nov. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 After failing to gain admittance to art school, Auguste Rodin worked for many years in obscurity. Yet by the turn of the 20th century Rodin dominated sculpture in France. The poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who worked as Rodin’s secretary, offered unique insights into how the sculptor ‘... » play video
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Part 1 | Part 2 In this Key Thinkers lecture (Sydney Ideas), Professor Helen Irving looks at the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the first theorist systematically to give voice to what we now call feminism. Her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) was a radi... » play video
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John Frow | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In this Key Thinkers lecture at the University of Melbourne, Professor of English John Frow introduces and discusses the ideas of Michel Foucault.Foucault - historian, philosopher, writer - was one of the definitive theorists of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known for his... » play video
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Peter Beilharz | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 The work of Zygmunt Bauman fits within the horizon of East European critical theory, or critical sociology. Its main interests are in culture and the critique of modernity. In this Key Thinkers lecture, Peter Beilharz examines Bauman’s life and work. Beilharz is Professor of Soci... » play video
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Leon Sterling | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 In this Key Thinkers lecture, Leon Sterling (Professor of Software Innovation and Engineering at the University of Melbourne) speaks of the life and influence of Donald Knuth. Knuth, born in 1938, is a renowned Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He was responsible for transfo... » play video
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June Factor | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 Dorothy Howard was a noted author and scholar of children's games and folklore, an American educationalist and anthropologist who contributed significantly to the recording and cataloguing of Australia's history in this area. June Factor, Australian author (Alright Vegemite,... » play video
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Barbara Bolt | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2Every enquiry made by Martin Heidegger, whether it be the analysis if everyday life, the representationalist nature of modern thinking or the investigation into a work of art, is underpinned by one central question: What is the meaning of being?Through a close examination of Heidegger... » play video
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David Young | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In this Key Thinkers (University of Melbourne) lecture, David Young looks at the life and work of Charles Darwin. Amidst the many recent celebrations of Darwin's achievements, this lecture takes a somewhat different approach by focusing on the historical context in which Darwin wo... » play video
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John Buchanan | Sydney | Sep. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2 Whether you agree with him or not, Karl Marx has had an enduring impact on modern intellectual and political life. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the collapse of Wall Street today, contemporary thinkers continue to draw on Marx's writings for ideas and insights. In this lect... » play video
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Graham Priest | Melbourne | Aug. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In this Key Thinkers (University of Melbourne) lecture, Professor of Philosophy Graham Priest discusses the influence of Gottlob Frege. Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (1848 – 1925) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. He was one of the founders of modern... » play video
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