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Foundations of Modern Social Theory - Audio

Foundations of Modern Social Theory - Audio

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15 - Freud on Sexuality and Civilization

15 - Freud on Sexuality and Civilization

Freud's brand of critical theory adds important dimensions; he argues that we can better understand our consciousness th... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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14 - Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality

14 - Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality

Today we take a bridge into the twentieth century, constructed by Nietzsche, Freud, and Weber's critical theory. Each au... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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09 - Marx's Theory of Alienation

09 - Marx's Theory of Alienation

Marx begins his intellectual life as a Young Hegelian, in the company of Bruno Bauer and others. The Young Hegelians, a ... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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03 - Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent

03 - Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent

John Locke, a liberal thinker and near-contemporary of the conservative Hobbes, disputes Hobbes's thinking in some keys ... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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10 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism

10 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism

We review Marx's theory of alienation and pick up with the transition from the young Marx to the mature Marx who breaks ... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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13 - Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation

13 - Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation

In order to move from a theory of alienation to a theory of exploitation, Marx develops a concept of class and of the ca... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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04 - Montesquieu: The Division of Powers

04 - Montesquieu: The Division of Powers

We shift from seventeenth-century England to eighteenth-century France and from the methodological individualism of Hobb... Read more

5 Apr 2011

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11 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)

11 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)

Today we cover the transition from the young Marx, with his emphasis on change and action, to the mature Marx who turns ... Read more

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16 - Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism

16 - Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism

Max Weber wrote his best-known work after he recovered from a period of serious mental illness near the turn of the twen... Read more

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05 - Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will

05 - Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will

Jean-Jacques Rousseau had a colorful early life. Orphaned at ten, he moved in with a woman ten years his senior at sixte... Read more

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