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Thinking Allowed: Islam and capitalism - Sex before the sexual revolution

16/02/2011

Islam and capitalism - Sex before the sexual revolution

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Islam and capitalism - Sex before the sexual revolution

Sex before the Sexual Revolution and how Islam reacts to capitalism.

What was sex like before 1963 and the Beatles first LP? Laurie Taylor discusses a new study which explores the sex life of people born between the wars. Also, Islam and Capitalism.

Sexual Intercourse began in I963, according to Philip Larkin's 'Annus Mirabilis'. But what of the dark ages before the sexual revolution? A new study shows them to be not quite as repressed, unfulfilled and pitiable as many have been keen to cast them. In this edition Laurie talks to Kate Fisher and Simon Szreter about their illuminating exploration of intimate life in England between 1918 and 1963, which involved them speaking frankly and in depth to almost a hundred people about their sex lives in the period.
Also, Charles Tripp talks about the relationship between Islam and capitalism, and some Muslim societies' reactions to what are seen as the dangers of a rapacious and socially destructive force. 
Producer: Charlie Taylor.

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