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Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior
The 2018 Reith Lectures with Margaret MacMillan: Is war an essential part of being human?
Professor MacMillan asks why both men and women go to war. “We are both fascinated and repulsed by war and those who fight,” she says. She looks at the role of the warrior in history and culture and analyses how warriors are produced. And she interrogates the differences that gender plays in war.
The lectures are recorded in front of an audience and have a question and answer session. They are chaired by journalist and historian Anita Anand.
(Illustration: A warrior with bow and arrow, a soldier and a Roman centurion)
Last on
Sat 7 Jul 201811:06GMT
BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
Broadcasts
- Tue 3 Jul 201808:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Sat 7 Jul 201811:06GMTBBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
The Reith Lectures on Radio 4
Archive recordings from the BBC's flagship annual lecture series going back to 1948
