Seneca’s De Ira

Seneca’s De Ira

In this episode, Thomas Dixon reads some extracts from his favourite text about angry emotions, the Roman philosopher Seneca’s treatise on rage – De Ira. This is one of a series of short podcasts exploring what we do at the Queen Mary Centre for the...
Fern Riddell

Fern Riddell

As part of ‘The Sound of Anger’ series, cultural historian Fern Riddell speaks with Thomas Dixon about gender, emotions, and politics. Fern is an expert on the histories of suffragism and sexuality and the author of a biography of the radical suffragette...
Jim Russell

Jim Russell

As part of ‘The Sound of Anger’ series, psychologist Jim Russell is in conversation with historian of emotions Thomas Dixon about the idea of “anger” and basic emotions. Jim is an internationally recognised expert on the psychology of emotions...
Darwin Vexed

Darwin Vexed

Do we live in an age of rage? And if so, what can we learn about our furious feelings, and how to control them, from the experiences and ideas of great thinkers in the past? Those are the questions explored in a pair of thought-provoking and darkly funny new audio...
Seneca Annoyed

Seneca Annoyed

Do we live in an age of rage? And if so, what can we learn about our furious feelings, and how to control them, from the experiences and ideas of great thinkers in the past? Those are the questions explored in a pair of thought-provoking and darkly funny new audio...
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