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Teaching Modern Political Philosophy

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  1. Introduction

    Intro: Teaching Modern Political Philosophy (Preview Content)
  2. Lessons
    Lesson 1: Prefatory Comments (Preview Content)
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  3. Lesson 2: The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pt. 1
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  4. Lesson 3: The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pt. 2
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  5. Lesson 4: The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pt. 3
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  6. Lesson 5: The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pt. 4
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  7. Lesson 6: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, Pt. 1
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  8. Lesson 7: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, Pt. 2
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  9. Lesson 8: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, Pt. 3
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  10. Lesson 9: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke, Pt. 4
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  11. Lesson 10: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Pt. 1
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  12. Lesson 11: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Pt. 2
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  13. Lesson 12: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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  14. Lesson 13: The Impossibility of Secular Society by Rémi Brague
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  15. Lesson 14: Sin No More by Rémi Brague
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  16. End of Course Test
    End of Course Test: Teaching Modern Political Philosophy
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  • What questions can you ask students to open class about these chapters?
  • Practice making seven “I am” statements and ranking them in order of importance. Which of these associations can you actually leave behind?
  • Discuss the meaning of the following statement from Rousseau: If the general will is to be clearly expressed it is imperative that there should be no sectional associations in the state and that every citizen should make up his own mind for himself. What is mean by sectional associations?  How important is this statement to the Western tradition?