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I'm a Number, Not a Man

In a society based on managerial principles, Jo Fidgen asks if it is possible that our numbers count more than our names.

In a society based on managerial principles, is it possible that our numbers count more than our names?
Jo Fidgen explores challenges to our sense of self.

She talks to an American man known as Benjaman who was found suffering from amnesia with no personal identification on him and, without a social security number, no means of re-engaging with society. And she also references the writings of, among others, WH Auden, George Orwell and Jose Saramago, with music by Erik Satie, the Kinks and Shostakovich.

Produced by Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Feb 2012 23:30
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Gnoissienne No. 1

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅

    • Satie: Gymnopedies and Other Piano Works.
    • Decca.
    • 410 220 2.
    • 10.

  • The Kinks

    20th Century Man

    • Muswell Hillbillies.
    • Rhino.
    • 0070934.
    • 1.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Man-Machine

    • The Man-Machine.
    • Astralwerks.
    • 77676.
    • 6.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Quartet no. 8, Movement II

    Performer:

    • Exile On Classical Street.
    • PolyGram.
    • 452500.
    • 19.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Lux Aeterna

    Performer: The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum

    • 2001: A Space Odyssey / Original Soundtrack.
    • EMI.
    • ODEON 28.
    • 5.

  • Steve Reich

    You Are Wherever Your Thoughts Are

    Performer: Los Angeles Master Chorale, cond. Grant Gershon

    • You Are (Variations).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559 798 912.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Feb 2012 06:05
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sun 26 Feb 2012 23:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4