
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
North, South, East and West — the cardinal directions have a surprising history of cultural and social significance. Jerry Brotton, professor of English and history at the University of London, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how something as simple as a compass has come to define our world — from how “the West” defines political power, what we mean by “the Global South,” and why cardinal directions might have been some of the very first words used in human language. His book is “Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction.”
4.7
874874 ratings
North, South, East and West — the cardinal directions have a surprising history of cultural and social significance. Jerry Brotton, professor of English and history at the University of London, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how something as simple as a compass has come to define our world — from how “the West” defines political power, what we mean by “the Global South,” and why cardinal directions might have been some of the very first words used in human language. His book is “Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction.”
6,133 Listeners
9,166 Listeners
3,902 Listeners
38,189 Listeners
32,291 Listeners
1,019 Listeners
931 Listeners
325 Listeners
8,269 Listeners
43,483 Listeners
6,691 Listeners
4,624 Listeners
111,917 Listeners
16,068 Listeners
15,335 Listeners