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Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior

The 2018 Reith Lectures with Margaret MacMillan: Is war an essential part of being human?

Professor MacMillan asks why both men and women go to war. 鈥淲e are both fascinated and repulsed by war and those who fight,鈥 she says. She looks at the role of the warrior in history and culture and analyses how warriors are produced. And she interrogates the differences that gender plays in war.

The lectures are recorded in front of an audience and have a question and answer session. They are chaired by journalist and historian Anita Anand.

(Illustration: A warrior with bow and arrow, a soldier and a Roman centurion)

50 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Jul 2018 11:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Tue 3 Jul 2018 08:06GMT
  • Sat 7 Jul 2018 11:06GMT

The Reith Lectures on Radio 4

Archive recordings from the 麻豆社's flagship annual lecture series going back to 1948