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Each society tells itself a story about where it came from. These foundation myths are built on our assumptions about the world and about human nature itself, and it often explains why we live in the political system that we do. Today on The Corbett Report we examine various foundation myths throughout history, from ancient Greece to modern America, from the Enlightenment to the post-Enlightenment.
Documentation
| Documentation – Charles Anderson on foundation myths | |
| Time Reference: | 08:28 |
| Description: | A course on political philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Link To: | iTunes.apple.com |
| Documentation – Ancient Egypt’s view of nature and politics | |
| Time Reference: | 15:17 |
| Description: | From the same lecture by Charles Anderson cited above. |
| Link To: | iTunes.apple.com |
| Documentation – Aristotle: Man is a political animal | |
| Time Reference: | 25:10 |
| Description: | From a lecture by Steven B. Smith in an “Introduction to Political Philosophy” course delivered at Yale. |
| Link To: | Academicearth.org |
| Documentation – Hobbes’ Leviathan | |
| Time Reference: | 38:40 |
| Description: | Audio excerpt from Bertrand Russell’s 1945 volume “The History of Western Philosophy.” |
| Link To: | YouTube.com |
| Documentation – Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent | |
| Time Reference: | 47:20 |
| Description: | From a Yale course entitled “Foundations of Modern Social Theory.” |
| Link To: | freevideolectures.com |
| Documentation – Freedom and its Betrayal: Berlin on Rousseau | |
| Time Reference: | 1:00:12 |
| Description: | Absolutely riveting lecture on political philosophy by Isaiah Berlin. |
| Link To: | Oxford University |
| Documentation – Sigmund Freud and Irrational Man | |
| Time Reference: | 1:12:07 |
| Description: | Freud destroys the Enlightenment belief in rational man. |
| Link To: | AcademicEarth.org |
| Documentation – Alex Jones interviews Peter Joseph | |
| Time Reference: | 1:21:25 |
| Link To: | Google Video |
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