Thinking Allowed

A revolution in feeling: How the Enlightenment forged our understanding of human emotion and the ways in which this relates to the contemporary political world. Laurie Taylor talks to the literary historian, Rachel Hewitt; Russell Foster, political scientist at King's College London; and to Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Director, Research Development and Environment, Cardiff School of Journalism, Cardiff University. Revised repeat.Producer: Jayne Egerton.

GDP - Laurie Taylor talks to Lorenzo Fioramonti, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pretoria, and author of a new book which exposes the flaws of an economic system which values this statistic, above all others, as a measure of prosperity and growth. They're joined by Douglas McWilliams, Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Economics and Business Research. Also, Mali music - Caspar Melville, Lecturer in Global Creative and Cultural Industries at SOAS, discussed his study into the ways in which Eurocentric copyright is impacting on African musical traditions.Producer: Jayne Egerton.

Affluence - from the Kalahari desert to Wall St; Laurie Taylor explores contrasting conceptions of material plenty and the 'good life'. He's joined by James Suzman, an anthropologist who has spent 30 years studying and spending time with the bushmen of Namibia and Rachel Sherman, Associate Professor of Sociology at The New School whose study of wealthy New Yorkers found an uneasiness, as well as an enjoyment in affluence.Producer: Jayne Egerton.

Laurie Taylor talks to David Harvey, world authority on Marx's thought.

Laurie Taylor explores the history of aerial bombing and tear gas.

Laurie Taylor explores end of life care through the ages.

Laurie Taylor examines the history of the welfare state.

Laurie Taylor gets under the skin of the restaurant.

Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non dystopian look at future possibilities

Laurie Taylor asks if a new theory offers an explanation for conflicts in the Arab world.

The Mafia and organised crime from Sicily to Japan and the UK

Why is meaningless speech in the workplace so ubiquitous?

Exhaustion: is extreme fatigue a peculiarly modern phenomenon?

Laurie Taylor goes underground - from New York to Delhi.

An anthropological journey through the world of hair.

Laurie Taylor discusses a study of IVF tourism and also male infertility.

Is the Global South catching up with the North?

Heritage beyond saving: Laurie Taylor talks to Caitlin DeSilvey, associate professor of cultural geography & author of a new book which journeys from Cold War test sites to post industrial ruins. Do we need to challenge cherished assumptions about the conservation of cultural heritage? Might we embrace rather than resist natural processes of decay and decline? They're joined by Haidy Geismar, reader in anthropology at University College, London & Tiffany Jenkins, sociologist & cultural commentator.Producer: Jayne Egerton.

The philosophy of sport, and the evolution of a African Caribbean football club.

Fashion and Class: Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Smith, Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University, and author of a study of the 'branded gentry' the target buyers of the Jack Wills clothing brand. How did a fashion company come to be associated with elite educational institutions and what can it tell us about the maintenance and reproduction of social and economic privilege? How has the relationshio between class, style and fashion democratised, or not, over the years? They're joined by Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London and Angela Partington, Associate Dean at Kingston University.Producer: Jayne Egerton.