Political Theory 101

MacKinnon, Rousseau, and the Origins of Inequality

Dec 2, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Politics of Inequality
03:15 • 3min
3
The Law Giver and the Lawgiver
06:16 • 3min
4
Rousseau's Strategy for Getting Around Political Inequalities
08:55 • 2min
5
The Pre Political Inequality Argument
10:57 • 2min
6
The Myth of the Law Giver
13:26 • 2min
7
The Role of the Law Giver in the French Revolution
15:18 • 3min
8
The Jacobin's Role in Counter-Revolutionary Sentiments
17:48 • 2min
9
The Role of the Nation in the French Revolution
19:44 • 2min
10
The Origins of Rousseau's Theory of Sovereignty
21:45 • 3min
11
Rousseau's Utopie
24:34 • 2min
12
The Problem With Virtue in the 18th Century
26:29 • 5min
13
The Role of Technological Development in the American Revolution
31:07 • 2min
14
McKinnon and Rousseau on Inequality
33:16 • 2min
15
The Problem With Pre-Political Inequality
35:12 • 3min
16
The Importance of Prioritization in Political Change
38:03 • 3min
17
The Difficulty of Saying Everything Matters
41:31 • 3min
18
How to Prioritize Tech, the State, Class, and Culture
44:11 • 4min
19
The Politics of Technology in Western Democracies
47:51 • 4min
20
The Political Economy of Andrew Yang
51:42 • 3min
21
The Evolution of Political Thought
54:24 • 2min
22
The Origins of Virtue in the Ancient World
56:03 • 3min
23
The Role of the State in the Economy
59:24 • 3min
24
The Importance of Metastructure
01:02:33 • 3min
25
The Importance of Collective Action in Political Economy
01:05:30 • 2min
26
The Problem With the State's Capacity to Act
01:07:55 • 2min
27
The Difficulty of Getting the State to Intervene in Culture
01:09:38 • 3min
28
The Importance of Participation in Public Life
01:12:36 • 2min
29
The Limits of State in Technological Development
01:14:07 • 2min
30
The Importance of Class Distribution in Inequality
01:16:06 • 2min