Deepen your understanding of politics in this course that reveals the remarkable evolution, impact, and legacy of modern political philosophy.
The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Origins and Conflicts of Modern Politics
- 02: Ancient Republics, Empires, Fiefdoms
- 03: Machiavelli's New Order
- 04: Hobbes, Natural Law, the Social Contract
- 05: Locke on Limited Government and Toleration
- 06: Rousseau's Republican Community
- 07: Kant's Ethics of Duty and Natural Rights
- 08: Smith and the Market Revolution
- 09: Montesquieu and the American Founding
- 10: Debating the French Revolution
- 11: Legacies of the Revolution-Right to Left
- 12: Nationalism and a People's War
- 13: Civil Society-Constant, Hegel, Tocqueville
- 14: Mill on Liberty and Utility
- 15: Marx's Critique of Capitalism
- 16: Modern vs. Traditional Society
- 17: Progressivism and New Liberalism
- 18: Fleeing Liberalism-Varieties of Socialism
- 19: Fleeing Liberalism-Fascism and Carl Schmitt
- 20: Totalitarianism and Total War
- 21: Conservative or Neoliberal-Oakeshott, Hayek
- 22: Reviving the Public Realm-Hannah Arendt
- 23: Philosophy vs. Politics-Strauss and Friends
- 24: Marcuse and the New Left
- 25: Rawls's A Theory of Justice
- 26: Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick, Libertarianism
- 27: What about Community?
- 28: Walzer on Everything Money Shouldn't Buy
- 29: Identity Politics-Feminism
- 30: Identity Politics-Multiculturalism
- 31: The Politics of Nature-Environmentalism
- 32: Postmodernism, Truth, and Power
- 33: Habermas-Democracy as Communication
- 34: The End of History? Clash of Civilizations?
- 35: Just Wars? The Problem of Dirty Hands
- 36: Why Political Philosophy Matters
Taught by
Lawrence Cahoone, Ph.D.
