Genius of the Modern World (2016)
7.6 (11 votes)
1 Season
June 16, 2016
English
Documentary
Synopsis
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Creator
David Upshal
Network
BBC Four
Episodes
E1
Marx
Jun 16, 2016
60 min
8.5
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.
E2
Nietzsche
Jun 23, 2016
60 min
9.0
Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.
E3
Freud
Jun 30, 2016
60 min
Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Genius of the Modern World
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
