Thinking Allowed - 13/01/2010
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Laurie Taylor discusses a detailed analysis of how some cartoons in a Danish newspaper caused outrage across the Islamic world. Also, the secret significance of tourist snaps.
Professor Jytte Klausen maintains that the crisis following the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark back in 2005 was stirred up by different sets of people all with something to gain from precipitating a crisis.
Her detailed analysis of the course of events claims to show that irresponsible newspaper publishers, vested interests in elections in Denmark and Egypt, and later Islamic extremists seeking to destabilise governments in Pakistan, Lebanon, Libya and Nigeria all played a part in orchestrating the upset. Also, Laurie Taylor talks to Les Back and Mike Robinson, editor of The Framed World: Tourism, Tourists and Photography, about the hidden significance of holiday snaps. What are people hoping to achieve when they 'capture' a scene and what does the holiday pose tell us about modern mores?
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 12:15AM Mon, 18 Jan 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4:00PM Wed, 13 Jan 2010
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- Duration 30 minutes
