The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama

10.0
202059m

From popular revolt to the obsession with the self, even to modern nationalism, Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy the Romantics have left on our modern world.

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3 Episodes • Premiered 2020

Still image for The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama season 1 episode 1: Passions of the People

1. Passions of the People

In this episode, Simon explores how Romantic artists created the secular icons of the modern democratic age, whose power continues to inspire the passions of revolt to this day.

Still image for The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama season 1 episode 2: The Chambers of the Mind

2. The Chambers of the Mind

Simon explores how the romantics became the first intrepid explorers of dark recesses of the human mind, long before the modern psychological revolution. With contributions from Sir David Attenborough.

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3. Tribes

Simon Schama explores how the romantics created the secular cult of national belonging in their poetry, music and art, with enormous consequences for the modern world.

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