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Genius of the Modern World

2016 · 1 season

A calm, thoughtful history lesson that walks you through big ideas and the lives behind them.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Politics, morality, identity, power
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Starring
    Bettany Hughes
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
    BBC Four
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    Czech, English

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