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4 videodiscs : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (63, 71 pages ; 22 cm). |
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| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses.
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In two parts (containers). Each part consists of eight lectures on two sound discs. |
| Contents |
Part I: Lecture 1. The Hindu vision of life -- Lecture 2. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War -- Lecture 3. Law and rule in Sophocles' Antigone -- Lecture 4. Socrates and Socratic quest -- Lecture 5. Plato: idealism and power, part 1 -- Lecture 6. Plato: idealism and power, part 2 -- Lecture 7. Aristotle's critique of Plato's Republic -- Lecture 8. Machiavelli's theory of power politics ; Part II: Lecture 9. Rousseau's theory of human nature and society -- Lecture 10. Marx's critique of capitalism and solution of communism -- Lecture 11. Freud's theory of human nature and civilization -- Lecture 12. Thoreau's theory of civil disobedience -- Lecture 13. Dostoevsky's Grand inquisitor -- Lecture 14. The idea of anarchism and the example of Emma Goldman -- Lecture 15. Hiltler's use of power -- Lecture 16. Gandhi's use of power. |
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Lectures delivered by Professor Dennis Dalton, Barnard College. |
| Summary |
In this two-part course, Professor Dalton contrasts two conflicting factions -- Idealism and realism. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Video recordings.
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| Portion Of Title |
Classical and modern political theory |
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