Of the ideas that have inspired mankind throughout the ages, freedom is perhaps the most powerful.
The idea of freedom has long been the subject of learned thought, stretching as far back as the time of Plato and as far away as ancient India.
This course offers an enlightening meditation on the progress toward both spiritual and political freedom in the lives and work of important theorists and activists.
The list of those whose work and thoughts you consider includes John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.W.F. Hegel, Emma Goldman, John Stuart Mill, Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.