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Ideas of the 20th Century - Season 2 Episode 1 Dust and Dreams

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In our introductory lecture, we learn about early 20th-century thinkers who warned against intellectual and cultural trends that threatened Western civilization—Miguel de Unamuno, Julien Benda, and José Ortega y Gasset. Unamuno rejected reductive views of humanity, emphasizing emotion, individuality, and treating people as ends in themselves. Benda criticized intellectuals who abandoned transcendent ideals for political fanaticism, while Ortega’s perspectivism and critique of mass media warned of conformity, “mass man,” and the erosion of civilization—developments that foreshadowed totalitarianism.

First Air Date: Mar 19, 2026

Last Air date: May 29, 2026

Season: 2 Season

Episode: 16 Episode

Runtime: 26 minutes

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Language: English