Love

DOGS – Laurie Taylor explores the making of the modern companion animal, from working animals to pampered pets. Chris Pearson, Professor of Environmental History at the University of Liverpool, charts the changing fortunes of hunting dogs, street dogs and show dogs, as they moved ...  Show more

Laurie Taylor talks to Simon Jarrett, Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, about the social history of people with learning disabilities, from 1700 to the present days. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art a ...  Show more

A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking 'What is Love?'.Helping him answer it are theologian Giles Fraser, writer Lisa Appign ...  Show more

الحب.. برغم أنه الاحتياج الأهم للإنسان لكنه من أكتر الأسباب اللي بتسبب له التعاسة. هل فيه علاقة بين أكتر حاجتين الإنسان بيدور عليهم (الحب والسعادة)؟ وإن كان الحب قرار ليه بنقول وقعت في الحب، اعمل ايه في مشاعري؟يستضيف يوسف يعقوب في هذه الحلقة اندرو اشرف -ماجستير الأدب الحديث والمع ...  Show more

There’s a venerable philosophical tradition devoted to explaining what love is, and it stretches back to the ancient Greeks. It deals with questions like “the problem of particularity” – the mystery of why, if we fall in love with someone because of their physical beauty and attr ...  Show more

Ryan and Todd trace the history of how thinkers have dealt with the problem of love--the varying definitions of love, the view of love's role in society, and love's philosophical importance. They begin with Plato's Symposium, touch on the New Testament, explore the role of love i ...  Show more