The Worship of nature; The Fallacies of hope; Heroic materialism

United Kingdom, 1969

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Episode numbers 11, 12 and 13 of Series “Civilisation”.
Part 11. Christianity was the chief creative force in Western civilisation until about 1730, when it became eclipsed by the worship of nature. Part 12. The French Revolution led, not to freedom, but to terror, the dictatorship of Napoleon and the bureaucracies of the 19th century. Part 13. The final program shows how the heroic materialism of the past hundred years has been linked with an equally remarkable increase in humanitarianism.

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co-producers/directors

Peter Montagnon

Michael Gill

production company

BBC

Duration

02:20:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1969

Appears in

Civilisation

Group of items

Civilisation

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324610

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Romanticism in art

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → Europe - History - 1789-1900

History → Europe - History - 20th century

History → France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799

History → Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

People → Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Television → Television series

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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