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Lecture 4 - "Ever at Variance and Foolishly Jealous": Intercolonial Relations,  The American Revolution Lecture 4 - "Ever at Variance and Foolishly Jealous": Intercolonial Relations, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
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Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Freeman discusses colonial attempts to unite before the 1760s and the ways in which regional distrust and localism complicated matters. A...
Lecture 24 - Democratic Justice: Theory,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 24 - Democratic Justice: Theory, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Shapiro takes up again Schumpeter’s minimalist conception of democracy. When operationalized as a two turnover test, this conception of ...
Lecture 4 - Origins of Classical Utilitarianism,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 4 - Origins of Classical Utilitarianism, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Jeremy Bentham’s formulation of classical utilitarianism is the first Enlightenment tradition that the course will cover in depth. In his Principle...
Lecture 20 - Confederation,  The American Revolution Lecture 20 - Confederation, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
This lecture discusses the ongoing political experimentation involved in creating new constitutions for the new American states. Having declared in...
Lecture 9 - The Marxian Challenge,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 9 - The Marxian Challenge, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Marxism is the second Enlightenment tradition upon which the course will focus. Contrary to popular belief, Marx did not hate capitalism but deriv...
Lecture 21 - A Union Without Power,  The American Revolution Lecture 21 - A Union Without Power, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
In this lecture, Professor Freeman discusses the Articles of Confederation. Although they seem hopelessly weak in the long view of history, the Ar...
Lecture 5 - Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 5 - Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Shapiro continues his examination of Jeremy Bentham’s formulation of classical utilitarianism, with a focus on the distributive implicat...
Lecture 18 - Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption,  Epidemics in Western Society Lecture 18 - Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption, Epidemics in Western Society
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
An ancient disease, tuberculosis experienced a major upsurge in Western Europe in the nineteenth century, corresponding with increasing industrial...
Lecture 25 - Democratic Justice: Applications,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 25 - Democratic Justice: Applications, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Shapiro guides the class through some practical applications of his theory of democratic justice. As applied to governing children, a sp...
Lecture 1 - Introduction: Freeman’s Top Five Tips for Studying the Revolution,  The American Revolution Lecture 1 - Introduction: Freeman’s Top Five Tips for Studying the Revolution, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Freeman offers an introduction to the course, summarizing the readings and discussing the course’s main goals. She also offers five tips...
Lecture 3 - Being a British American,  The American Revolution Lecture 3 - Being a British American, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Freeman discusses the differences between society in the American colonies and society in Britain in the eighteenth century. She uses exa...
Lecture 6 - From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 6 - From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
In this economics-oriented lecture, Professor Shapiro introduces neoclassical utilitarianism as it was formulated by economist Vilfredo Pareto and...
Lecture 13 - Contagionism versus Anticontagionism,  Epidemics in Western Society Lecture 13 - Contagionism versus Anticontagionism, Epidemics in Western Society
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
The debate between contagionists and anticontagionists over the transmission of infectious diseases played a major role in nineteenth-century medic...
Lecture 18 - Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture,  The American Revolution Lecture 18 - Fighting the Revolution: The Big Picture, The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Today’s lecture concludes Professor Freeman's discussion of the four phases of the Revolutionary War. America's victory at the Ba...
Lecture 23 - Democracy and Majority Rule,  part II, The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 23 - Democracy and Majority Rule, part II, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Majority rule and democratic competition serve as the focus of this second lecture on the democratic tradition. What is it about majority rule that...
Lecture 3 - Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 3 - Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Before exploring the three Enlightenment traditions in particular, Professor Shapiro examines the Enlightenment holistically, using John Locke as ...
Lecture 12 - Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version,  Epidemics in Western Society Lecture 12 - Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version, Epidemics in Western Society
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
There is a longstanding debate over the origins of syphilis, in which arguments over how the disease arrived in Europe have historically been link...
Lecture 17 - The Logic of a Campaign (or,  How in the World Did We Win?), The American Revolution Lecture 17 - The Logic of a Campaign (or, How in the World Did We Win?), The American Revolution
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
In this lecture, Professor Freeman explains the logic behind American and British military strategy during the early phases of the Revolution. Fir...
Lecture 22 - Democracy and Majority Rule,  part I, The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 22 - Democracy and Majority Rule, part I, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
Professor Shapiro transitions to the third and final section of the course, an in-depth look at democracy and its institutions. According to him, ...
Lecture 2 - The Trial of Adolf Eichmann,  The Moral Foundations of Politics Lecture 2 - The Trial of Adolf Eichmann, The Moral Foundations of Politics
Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH
Length: 0
Date: May 25, 2011
The trial of Adolf Eichmann, as presented in Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, is the topic of discussion. Professor Shapiro asks students wh...
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