Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in BBC Reith Lectures

Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in BBC Reith Lectures Tom Almeroth-W… Wed, 09/09/2026 - 14:30 Making the announcement on 9 th September, the BBC said: “At a time of ecological crisis, extreme weather events and a rapidly heating climate, Robert Macfarlane’s Reith Lectures will examine what is in his view one of the most consequential stories humans tell themselves: that our species stands above and apart from the rest of nature.” Throughout the series, titled The Human Superiority Complex , Professor Macfarlane will argue that this belief has become deeply roote