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This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.
Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/sociology/foundations-of-modern-social-theory]]
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Lecture 8 - Smith: The Invisible Hand
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Lecture 3 - Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 10 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 18 - Weber on Traditional Authority
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 21 - Weber's Theory of Class
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 25 - Durkheim and Social Facts
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 22 - Durkheim and Types of Social Solidarity
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 20 - Weber on Legal-Rational Authority
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 2 - Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 9 - Marx's Theory of Alienation
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 12 - Marx's Theory of History
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 14 - Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 6 - Rousseau on State of Nature and Education
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 1 - Introduction
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 5 - Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 4 - Montesquieu: The Division of Powers
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 19 - Weber on Charismatic Authority
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 23 - Durkheim's Theory of Anomie
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 11 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 24 - Durkheim on Suicide
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 17 - Conceptual Foundations of Weber's Theory of Domination
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 13 - Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 16 - Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 7 - Mill: Utilitarianism and Liberty
Jun 24, 2012
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Lecture 15 - Freud on Sexuality and Civilization
Jun 24, 2012
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