Queer Icons: Plato's Symposium. Part of Gay Britannia
Shahidha Bari discusses the LGBTQ movement in the history of philosophy as part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Queer Icons series. Plus the winner of the 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ in the history of philosophy. As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Queer Icons series Philosopher Sophie-Grace Chappell discusses Plato's Symposium, and novelist Adam Mars-Jones talks about Bruce Bagemihl's book Biological Exuberance which explored homosexuality in the animal kingdom.
Plus, we hear from the winner of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing.
Queer Icons is a project to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in which 50 leading figures choose an LGBTQ artwork that is special to them. You can find more details on the Front Row website on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
You can find the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Gay Britannia season of programmes on radio and tv collected on the website. They include documentaries, Drama on 3 from Joe Orton and exploring Victim the 1961 film starring Dirk Bogarde, episodes of Words and Music and more editions of Free Thinking including Philip Hoare on Cecil Beaton, Jake Arnott on Joe Orton and Peggy Reynolds on Sappho.
Producer: Luke Mulhall.
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Professor Sophie-Grace Chappell on Plato's Symposium
Duration: 09:22
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Adam Mars-Jones on Biological Exuberance
Duration: 07:08
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Shahidha Bari |
| Interviewed Guest | Adam Mars-Jones |
| Producer | Luke Mulhall |
Broadcast
- Tue 11 Jul 2017 22:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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