Theory with Purpose

Fragano Ledgister

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Political theories, ancient, not-so-ancient, modern, and brand new, in modest, digestible bites.

10/18/2019

Hobbes

The political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

18 min
09/19/2019

West Indian Creole Nationalism

Political liberty in the Anglophone Caribbean. Liberty asserted against racism and for the subject people’s.

33 min
09/06/2019

The Negro Question

Thomas Carlyle’s racism & J.S. Mill’s response.

18 min
09/01/2019

Augustine

The City of God vs. the human city.

19 min
08/22/2019

Xunzi & Han Feizi

The end of the Warring States: Legalism

16 min
08/15/2019

The Negro Question

Should the slaves of the British West Indies have been freed?

39 min
08/10/2019

Mozi — Utilitarianism Chinese style

Mozi, a utilitarian, egalitarian Chinese philosopher

17 min
08/10/2019

Aristotle

The best state, we can haz it.

15 min
08/10/2019

Mencius— Chinese Democracy

Mencius is the second major Confucian philosopher. Where Confucius was conservative, he stood for progressive principles.

28 min
08/05/2019

A note on Duty

A brief presentation on the Bhagavad Gita.

8 min
08/03/2019

Plato, the Greek hierarchical ideal

Plato’s Republic plus

30 min
07/28/2019

The start of political thought—Confucius in the Axial. Age

The political thought of Confucius in context. The beginning of political theory and ethical theory.

35 min

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Political theories, ancient, not-so-ancient, modern, and brand new, in modest, digestible bites.

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