| Description |
6 videodiscs (1080 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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Great courses (DVD). Philosophy & intellectual history.
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Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history, Modern philosophy.
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| Contents |
Disc 1. Origins and conflicts of modern politics -- Ancient republics, empires, fiefdoms -- Machiavelli's new order -- Hobbes, natural law, the social contract-- Locke on limited government and toleration -- Rousseau's republican community. |
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Disc 2. Kant's ethics of duty and natural rights -- Smith and the market revolution -- Montesquieu and the American founding -- Debating the French Revolution -- Legacies of the Revolution: right to left -- Nationalism and a people's war. |
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Disc 3. Civil society: Constant, Hegel, Tocqueville -- Mill on liberty and utility -- Marx's critique of capitalism -- Modern vs. traditional society -- Progressivism and the new liberalism -- Fleeing liberalism: varieties of Socialism. |
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Disc 4. Fleeing liberalism: Fascism and Carl Schmitt -- Totalitarianism and total war -- Conservative or Neoliberal: Oakeshott, Hayek -- Reviving the public realm: Hannah Arendt -- Philosophy vs. politics: Strauss and friends -- Marcuse and the new left. |
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Disc 5. Rawls's A theory of justice -- Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick, libertarianism -- What about community? -- Walzer on everything money shouldn't buy -- Identity politics: feminism -- Identity politics: multiculturalism. |
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Disc 6. The politics of nature: environmentalism -- Postmodernism, truth and power -- Habermas: democracy as communication -- The end of history? Clash of civilizations? -- Just wars? The problem of dirty hands -- Why political philosophy matters. |
| Performer |
Lawrence Cahoone, College of the Holy Cross, lecturer. |
| Summary |
Professor Calhoone explores modern and contemporary political traditions. |
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Political science -- Videodiscs.
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Philosophy, Modern -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Instructional films.
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Documentary films.
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DVD-video discs.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781629970714 |
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1629970719 |
| Music No. |
ID4750A-01 Teaching Company |
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PB4750A Teaching Company |
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