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Political Theory 101

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  1. MacKinnon, Rousseau, and the Origins of Inequality

    Edmund and Benjamin discuss the many different origin stories of inequality, drawing on Catharine MacKinnon and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Edmund on power: https://edmundjwilson.com/2019/11/01/on-power-tech-the-state-and-class/ Benjamin on Yang

  2. Augustine, Schmitt, and Political Theology (w/Raeffe Gibson)

    Raeffe Gibson joins Benjamin and Edmund to discuss the idea that states need to be unified around common values.

  3. Caesar, Weber, and the Power of Charisma

    Edmund and Benjamin discuss the role of charismatic leaders in politics in the Roman Empire, interwar Germany, and more recently.

  4. Aristotle, Constant, and the Distribution of Time

    Benjamin and Edmund discuss the ancient zero-sum conception of liberty, attempts by later political theorists to universalise it, and some of the ways understandings of liberty have changed to accommodate that. Draws most heavily on Aristot

  5. Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State

    Benjamin and Edmund discuss why both Hobbes and Plato think the state is necessary, comparing and contrasting the two along the way.

  6. Welcome to Political Theory 101

    Benjamin Studebaker and Edmund Wilson welcome you to a new series about the history of political thought and some of the people who have contributed to it.

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