The Social Contractby Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli
Moral Foundations of Politicsby Ian Shapiro
The Origins of Political Order with Francis Fukuyamaby Francis Fukuyama
Introduction to Political Philosophyby Steven B. Smith
Reading Marx's Capital Podcastby David Harvey
On Liberty Podcastby John Stuart Mill
Jeremy Bentham Seminar Podcast
Reith Lectures Archive: 1948-1975 Podcast
Plato - The Republic Podcastby Plato
The Republic is an influential work of philosophy and political theory by the Greek philosopher Plato, written in approximately 360 BC.
The Law is one of the most important books ever written on the uses and abuses of law.
The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably Plato's best known work.
Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called "De Principatibus" (About Principalities).
Austrian Economics and Libertarianism.
Thoreau refused to pay taxes in 1846, based on his opposition to the Mexican War, and was later jailed...
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.
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.
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Columbia law professor Philip C. Bobbitt for a discussion of his new book on Machiavelli, "The Garments of Court and Palace."
Machiavelli lived in Renaissance Italy in a time marked by violent hatred between the Italian city-states.