VegHist Ep 13: Vegetarians. Colonialism, abolitionism, and Victorian reformers. With Julia Twigg and Bhaskar Chakraborty. In London

Summary: Radio times summary.  Episode 9: Renaissance Old medieval certainties are cracking under the combined assault of new sciences and rediscovered classics. It’s an age when “natural philosophers” combine scientific discovery with philosophical treatises, and when their Republic of Letters transcends political boundaries in the name of free thought. It’s the age of Descartes, whose mechanical philosophy […]