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Foundations of Modern Social Thought - Introduction to Key Thinkers

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This introductory course surveys modern social thought through brief overviews of Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, and Durkheim, emphasizing their biographies, major works, and contributions.

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- Chapter 1. Introduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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- Chapter 2. Hobbes: The Troublemaker
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- Chapter 3. Locke's Separation of Powers
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- Chapter 4. The Adventurous Life and Work of Montesquieu
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- Chapter 5. Rousseau: The Renaissance Man
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- Chapter 6. The Two Adam Smiths
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- Chapter 7. Mill's (Revisionist) Utilitarianism
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- Chapter 8. The Well-Known Marx
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- Chapter 9. Nietzsche: The First Post-modern Theorist
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- Chapter 10. Brief Overviews on Freud, Weber and Durkheim
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