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The History of Ideas Podcast
with David Runciman

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The Great Political Fictions: The Time Machine

H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine (1895) isn’t just a book about time travel. It’s also full of late-19th century fear and paranoia about what evolution and progress might do to human beings in the long run. Why will the class struggle turn into savagery and human sacrifice? Who will end up on top? And how will the world ultimately end?


Next time: Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children


Coming soon on PPF: The Ideas Behind UK General Elections


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6 June 2024

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