The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas
Deepen your understanding of politics in this course that reveals the remarkable evolution, impact, and legacy of modern political philosophy.
36 Lectures
1

Origins and Conflicts of Modern Politics
0 of 34 min
2

Ancient Republics, Empires, Fiefdoms
0 of 30 min
3

Machiavelli’s New Order
0 of 29 min
4

Hobbes, Natural Law, the Social Contract
0 of 31 min
5

Locke on Limited Government and Toleration
0 of 32 min
6

Rousseau’s Republican Community
0 of 31 min
7

Kant’s Ethics of Duty and Natural Rights
0 of 30 min
8

Smith and the Market Revolution
0 of 32 min
9

Montesquieu and the American Founding
0 of 31 min
10

Debating the French Revolution
0 of 31 min
11

Legacies of the Revolution—Right to Left
0 of 32 min
12

Nationalism and a People’s War
0 of 29 min
13

Civil Society—Constant, Hegel, Tocqueville
0 of 32 min
14

Mill on Liberty and Utility
0 of 30 min
15

Marx’s Critique of Capitalism
0 of 31 min
16

Modern vs. Traditional Society
0 of 31 min
17

Progressivism and New Liberalism
0 of 29 min
18

Fleeing Liberalism—Varieties of Socialism
0 of 31 min
19

Fleeing Liberalism—Fascism and Carl Schmitt
0 of 31 min
20

Totalitarianism and Total War
0 of 30 min
21

Conservative or Neoliberal—Oakeshott, Hayek
0 of 30 min
22

Reviving the Public Realm—Hannah Arendt
0 of 31 min
23

Philosophy vs. Politics—Strauss and Friends
0 of 29 min
24

Marcuse and the New Left
0 of 30 min
25

Rawls’s A Theory of Justice
0 of 31 min
26

Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick, Libertarianism
0 of 32 min
27

What about Community?
0 of 32 min
28

Walzer on Everything Money Shouldn’t Buy
0 of 30 min
29

Identity Politics—Feminism
0 of 29 min
30

Identity Politics—Multiculturalism
0 of 30 min
31

The Politics of Nature—Environmentalism
0 of 30 min
32

Postmodernism, Truth, and Power
0 of 31 min
33

Habermas—Democracy as Communication
0 of 31 min
34

The End of History? Clash of Civilizations?
0 of 29 min
35

Just Wars? The Problem of Dirty Hands
0 of 31 min
36

Why Political Philosophy Matters
0 of 32 min
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