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.

• 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