Icons
Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? Matthew Sweet and guests look at the idea of religious ikons, the meaning of iconoclasm and labelling film idols & politicians icons.
Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? How do religious icons link to iconoclasm and the labeling of film idols & politicians "icons of our time". Matthew Sweet is joined by film historian Pamela Hutchinson, bioethicist Tom Shakespeare, historian Julia Lovell and psychotherapist Mark Vernon.
Julia Lovell鈥檚 book Maoism a Global History is out soon
Mark Vernon鈥檚 book A Secret History of Christianity is out soon.
For more information about the 麻豆社 TV series of programmes profiling modern icons from sport, cinema, politics, exploration .... go to bbc.co.uk/icons
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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Podcast: Icons.
Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? We look at ikons, film idols & politicians
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- Thu 17 Jan 2019 22:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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