Ideas of the 20th Century(2026)
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First Air Date: 2026-03-19
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Seasons: 2
Episodes: 16
In Ideas of the 20th Century, Dr. Daniel Bonevac examines the major intellectual movements that shaped modern Western thought. Beginning with the Scientific, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolutions, the course explores how traditional beliefs came under pressure, creating tensions between human freedom and scientific determinism and contributing to cultural and political upheavals. Through the ideas of thinkers such as Nietzsche, Marx, Freud, and the existentialists, as well as debates over totalitarianism, liberty, language, truth, and justice, the course traces the search for meaning in the modern world. By connecting philosophy, politics, and culture, it reveals how the central ideas of the 20th century continue to shape contemporary society and the challenges facing Western civilization today.
Keywords
philosophyrevolutionprogresseducationalhistory20th centurytechnological progress
Seasons & Episodes
Part 1
Episodes: 8E01
A Mighty Maze
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In our introductory lecture, Dr. Bonevac reveals the interdisciplinary roots of 20th-century thought, tracing how the...
E02
The Abdication of Belief
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture two, we encounter the crisis of belief in the 20th century, examining how tensions between scientific and ...
E03
Wisdom of the Age
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture three, we analyze how early 20th-century intellectual movements like Shaw's cynicism about moral values an...
E04
Disturb the Universe
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture four, we examine the rise of conservatism and progressivism in the 1910s and 1920s and their lasting impac...
E05
Downward to Darkness
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture five, we study the Russian Revolution's roots in Marxist philosophy, examining how Marx's materialism redu...
E06
The Ruins of Meaning
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture six, we explore the profound impact of World War I on Western intellectual thought through the poetry of W...
E07
As an Endless Dream
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In lecture seven, we explore the contrasting perspectives of Rudyard Kipling and F. Scott Fitzgerald as voices of the...
E08
Unfathomable Reservoirs of the Absurd
Air Date: 2026-03-19
In our eighth and final lecture, we investigate how World War I trauma created "unfathomable reservoirs of the absurd...
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