Political Philosophy Audio Books

In The Republic, Plato tackles the big issues of the state and the individual: how the state should be ruled, and by whom; and the way the individual should lead his life - and why...

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.

A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States that reminds us of fundamental American principles.

A recognized classic and definitive account of its subject, The Origins of Totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism,"…

Machiavelli lived in Renaissance Italy in a time marked by violent hatred between the Italian city-states.

This course contrasts two conflicting views that have long shaped political theory and practice—idealism and realism.

From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world.

This exciting course introduces vital works of political theory from history's greatest minds.

The last half of the twentieth century has been an era of democratic triumph. The main antidemocratic regimes - communist, facist, Nazi - have disappeared, and new democracies are emerging vigorously or tentatively throughout the world.

Karl Marx's devastating critique of capitalism, and his proposal of communism as the answer to the failings of the capitalist system, bore their greatest fruits in the twentieth century…