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18 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (author's preface, part I)
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12 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
12 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
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15 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (1-5)
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John Locke had such a profound influence on Thomas Jefferson that he may be deemed an honorary founding father of the Un... Read more
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14 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
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13 - The Sovereign State: Hobbes, Leviathan
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19 - Democracy and Participation: Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (part II)
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The discussion on the origins of inequality in the Second Discourse continues. This lecture focuses on amour-propre, a f... Read more
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10 - New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli, The Prince (chaps. 1-12)
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11 - New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli, The Prince (chaps. 13-26)
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The discussion of Machiavelli's politics continues in the context of his most famous work, The Prince. A reformer of the... Read more
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16 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (7-12)
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In the opening chapters of his Second Treatise, Locke "rewrites" the account of human beginnings that had belonged exclu... Read more
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17 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (13-19)
17 - Constitutional Government: Locke, Second Treatise (13-19)
In this lecture, two important issues are addressed in the context of Locke's Second Treatise. First, there is discussio... Read more
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