3. La démocratie athénienne

Quand la IIIe république est proclamée en 1870, elle accumule les obstacles et les difficultés. La France est en guerre contre la Prusse et les républicains qui viennent d’arriver au pouvoir sont en fait très minoritaires. Et pourtant, trente ans plus tard, au tournant du siècle, ...  Show more

Comment le monde a-t-il pu basculer dans l'horreur en seulement neuf ans ? Des plaines de Mandchourie aux salons dorés de Munich, les années 1930 ne furent pas seulement celles de la Grande Dépression.Mais aussi celles d'une "marche à la guerre" que personne n'a su — ou voulu — a ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of democracy. In the Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln called it “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”, but the word democracy appears nowhere in the American Constitution; the French Revolution was fought for Liber ...  Show more

When we think of democracy in the ancient Greek world, our minds often go straight to Athens, the purported birthplace of democracy. But was Athens truly the home of democracy? And if so, who's responsible for giving a voice to the people?

In this episode, T ...

‏بفضل تحالف النخبة والشعب، أسس الرومان نظاما سياسيا استمر لخمسة قرون. وكان مدرسة للديمقراطية. فما أسرار الجمهورية الرومانية؟ ما أساطير تأسيسها ونظامها؟ وكيف تنبأت بتحديات المجتمع الأوروبي في القرن 21؟. 

In this episode, we discuss the political struggle between Isagoras (who was now backed by the Spartan military) and Kleisthenes who ultimately was victorious, which allowed him to institute his overhaul of the Athenian constitution; the different democratic changes that he in ...