SignUpFoundations of Modern Social Theory
Yale, , Prof. Iván Szelényi
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
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Yale, , Prof. Iván Szelényi
Updated On 02 Feb, 19
Introduction - Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order - Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent - The Division of Powers- Montesquieu - Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will - Rousseau on State of Nature and Education - Utilitarianism and Liberty, John Stuart Mill - Smith: The Invisible Hand - Marx's Theory of Alienation-Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism -Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality - freud on Sexuality and Civilization - Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism - Conceptual Foundations of Weber's Theory of Domination - Weber on Traditional Authority - Weber on Charismatic Authority-Weber on Legal - Rational Authority - Weber's Theory of Class - Durkheim and Types of Social Solidarity - Durkheim's Theory of Anomie - Durkheim on Suicide - Durkheim and Social Facts
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Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151)
John Locke, a liberal thinker and near-contemporary of the conservative Hobbes, disputes Hobbess thinking in some keys ways and builds on it in others. Locke starts his political theory with a notion of individuals in the state of nature being free, equal and reasonable; the state of nature is not synonymous with the state of war for Locke as it is for Hobbes. Locke argues that states should protect the property of individuals and must govern with the consent of subjects. Unlike Hobbess strong, unitary sovereign, Locke envisions a separation of the powers of the state into executive, legislative, and federative powers. We examine how Lockes political and social thought assumes an abundance of resources while Hobbess thought is predicated on an assumption of scarcity.
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This course was recorded in Fall 2009.
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Sep 12, 2018
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March 29, 2019
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