"Lec 4 -The Division of Powers- Montesquieu"Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) We shift from seventeenth century England to eighteenth century France and from the methodological individualism of Hobbes and Locke to the methodological collectivism of Montesquieu and Rousseau. Working from a perspective that there is a general will apart and above the sum of the opinions of individuals, Montesquieu's work focuses primarily on the law and on manners of governing rather than the question of who governs. Like Locke, Montesquieu argues that the powers of government should be separated. Montesquieu's plan of separation between executive, legislative, and judicial powers is what the United States Constitution follows. Montesquieu asserts that the climate and environment affect men as individuals as well as society. Although many of his specific ideas seem quite silly now, we must give credit to Montesquieu for being perhaps the first social and political thinker to seriously consider the environment. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Montesquieu in a Historical Context 12:50 - Chapter 2. "The Spirit of the Laws": Major Themes 23:00 - Chapter 3. Classification of Governments 26:41 - Chapter 4. Separation of Powers 39:27 - Chapter 5. Environment and Law/Social Structure Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2009.
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Lec 2 -Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order
Lec 3 -Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent
Lec 5 - Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will
Lec 6 - Rousseau on State of Nature and Education
Lec 7 - Utilitarianism and Liberty, John Stuart Mill
Lec 8 - Smith: The Invisible Hand
Lec 9 - Marx's Theory of Alienation
Lec 10 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (1)
Lec 11 - Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)
Lec 12 - Marx's Theory of History
Lec 13 - Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation
Lec 14 - Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality
Lec 15 - Freud on Sexuality and Civilization
Lec 16 - Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism
Lec 17 - Conceptual Foundations of Weber's Theory of Domination
Lec 18 - Weber on Traditional Authority
Lec 19 - Weber on Charismatic Authority
Lec 20 - Weber on Legal-Rational Authority
Lec 21 - Weber's Theory of Class
Lec 22 - Durkheim and Types of Social Solidarity