Professor Helen Small FBA

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2018

10-Minute Talks: The function of cynicism at the present time

25 Nov 2020 Professor Helen Small FBA

Professor Helen Small FBA considers the characteristic features of cynicism, its origins and development as a philosophical branch and what role it has played in public moralism, from the 19th century onward.

Current post

Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford

10-Minute Talks: The function of cynicism at the present time

25 Nov 2020 Professor Helen Small FBA

Professor Helen Small FBA considers the characteristic features of cynicism, its origins and development as a philosophical branch and what role it has played in public moralism, from the 19th century onward.

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