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Kirsty Wark discusses freedom and authenticity with Sarah Bakewell, Frances Borzello, Sunil Khilnani and Stuart Franklin. Show more
Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Raymond Aron discover phenomenology, realising that philosophy can come from anything - even an apricot cocktail. Existentialism is born. Show more
Edmund Husserl, the father of phenomenology, urges philosophers to engage with the real world through real experience. He declares 'a new way of looking at things is necessary'. Show more
Martin Heidegger, 'the little Magician from Messkirch', takes the philosophical world by storm. But his disturbing relationship with Nazism leaves history judging him more harshly. Show more
For 50 years, Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir's extraordinary relationship was existentialism in practice - defined by the principles of freedom and companionship. Show more
Why existentialism matters in the 21st century and why the existentialists, warts and all, deserve our attention as they thrash out issues of freedom and personal responsibility. Show more
