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| AP US Government AudioLearn
AP US Government AudioLearn is an indepth audio study guide and review for the Advanced Placement US Government Test. |
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| Civil Disobedience & Life Without Principle
by Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience is Thoreau's primary essay on how to interact with Government. Here the author argues that a citizen must always uphold conscience over what is prescribed by law. |
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| Common Sense
by Thomas Paine
Common Sense is perhaps the work single most responsible for the American Revolution. |
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| Communism
by Richard Pipes
From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world. An expert on communism, Richard Pipes follows the history of the Soviet Union from the 1917 revolution to the Cold War, and finally, to its deterioration and collapse. |
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| The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
Undoubtedly one of the most influential writings of all time, the Communist Manifesto divided the globe for almost a century. |
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| Conservative Tradition
by Patrick N. Allitt
Preserving the traditions and values of the past and applying them to the future—this is the core of the Conservative attitude. While the development of Conservatism has followed different arcs in the United States and Great Britain, this rich and fascinating political tradition has decisively impacted the evolution of both nations and their grand political institutions. |
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| Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville's renowned analysis of American democracy still has relevance today. In 1831... |
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| Emma Goldman Essays
by Emma Goldman
"In the eighteen-nineties and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the 'notorious Anarchist,' feminist, revolutionist and agitator, Emma Goldman." |
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| The Evolution of Modern Conservatism Conference
by Donald T. Critchlow
One of the most interesting and exciting developments in the historiography of the United States in the 20th century has been the "discovery" of conservatism as a subject worthy of historical study. |
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| The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. |
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| The Founding Documents Podcast
by Various Authors
The Founding Documents Podcast is a periodic showcase presented in audio format. Here you will be able to listen to the declarations, speeches and essays that form the core principles of U.S. Government. |
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| The Future of Freedom
by Fareed Zakaria
American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world.... |
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| A History of Freedom
by J. Rufus Fears
This course examines the history of the most important single idea in the Western political tradition: freedom. |
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| The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. |
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| Introduction to Political Philosophy
by Steven B. Smith
This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. |
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| Is This Still the Age of Socialism?
by Alan Charles Kors
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels. |
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| John F. Kennedy Inauguration Speech 1961
by John F. Kennedy
In his 1961 inaugural speech, John F. Kennedy spoke of the challenges posed by the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union and urged "both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors". |
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| KCRW's Left, Right, and Center Podcast
by Robert Scheer
Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. |
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| The Law
by Frederic Bastiat
The Law is one of the most important books ever written on the uses and abuses of law. |
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| Mill's On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill
Mill's thinking about freedom in civic and social life examines fundamental principles shared among conservative, liberal, and radical politicians. |
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| Plato - The Republic Podcast
by Plato
The Republic is an influential work of philosophy and political theory by the Greek philosopher Plato, written in approximately 360 BC. |
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| Plato's Republic
by David Roochnick
Plato's Republic, more than 2,000 years after its appearance, and in spite of the many provocative directions those “footnotes” have taken, still remains astonishingly relevant in its own right. |
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| Political Philosophy
by Grahame Lock
This audio course examines the major periods in the history of Western political thought and questions the political and social order. |
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| Politics
by Aristotle
Although over two millennia old, Aristotle’s Politics remains central to the perplexing questions posed in the study of political science. |
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| Power Over People
by Dennis Dalton
This course contrasts two conflicting views that have long shaped political theory and practice—idealism and realism. |
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| The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli lived in Renaissance Italy in a time marked by violent hatred between the Italian city-states. |
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| Rights of Man
by Thomas Paine
Written in 1791 as a response to Edmund Burkes Reflections on the Revolution in France, Thomas Paines Rights of Man is a seminal work on human freedom and equality. |
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| The Role of Government in our Society
by Milton Friedman
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels. |
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| The Second Treatise on Government
by John Locke
One of the leading liberal thinkers in 17th century England, Locke's ideas were drawn on heavily by Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
by Christopher Hitchens
Thomas Paine is one of the greatest political propagandists in history. The Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. |
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| Utopia Podcast
by Sir Thomas More
Written in 1515, Sir Thomas More's famous narrative describes what could be considered the perfect society, and questions whether a perfect society is possible. |
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| Visions of Utopia: Philosophy and the Perfect Society
by Fred E. Baumann
With the characteristically human abilities to reason and imagine comes, apparently inevitably, the longing for imaginary but plausible places and conditions where everything is exactly as it should be and all our needs and desires are satisfied, including the need not to be jaded by satisfaction. |
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| War and Democracy in the Ancient and Contemporary Middle East
by Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson, Professor of Classics at California State University at Fresno, leads a discussion on the nature of war throughout civilization and how it might enlighten us about the contemporary troubles in the Middle East. |
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