In 2004, our expert Lynda Morgan provided a guide to Nigerian writer and activist Wole Soyinka's Climate of Fear lectures. Against the backdrop of the 'War on Terror,' Soyinka explores the nature of fear and asks: What exactly are we afraid of?
A different face each time
How can societies react to a morphing danfer and the changing mask of fear.
Shaping the future
Is the world becoming a more dangerous place? The struggle for the future is a struggle between power and freedom.
Rhetoric that binds and blinds
Rhetoric is the weapon of political leader, while the written word is the refuge of the political prisoner. Decode rhetoric that binds and blinds.
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Read more about this year's lecturer, Wole Soyinka, get summaries of each lecture, and learn about the history of the lectures with Reith 2004 on BBC Radio 4.
Simple demands
In Soyinka's philosophy, freedom is central to a sense of dignity and all struggles are a quest for dignity.
Taking it further
Want to know more about Wole Soyinka, his work and The Climate of Fear? We can help you take it further.
Adopt or die
Reith lecturer Wole Soyinka draws parallels between Bush and Bin Laden: a case of I am right; you are dead?
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Reith 2003
Explore the mysteries of consciousness and phantom limbs in the 2003 Reith Lectures on The Emerging Mind.