Power, Republicanism, and Scholastic Thought (Dr Ben Slingo)
How did early modern scholastic theologians understand political power? What does it mean to speak of scholastic republicanism? And in what ways are these theologians suggestive for thinking about pol...
27 Okt 201829min
Globalism in History (Dr Or Rosenboim)
What does it mean to think globally about politics? What ideas about space and order does this term rest upon? And what insights are to be gained by approaching questions of global politics and global...
27 Okt 201827min
Liberalism, Empire, and Utopianism (Dr Duncan Bell)
How should we think of the relationship between liberalism and empire? Can the turn to history help us "decolonize" liberalism today? And what is the role of utopia in Anglophone visions of empire? T...
27 Okt 201830min
Burke and Political Traditions (Dr Emily Jones)
What are political traditions and how do they come into existence? Was Edmund Burke really a conservative and what does it mean for us to think of him as such? And what can history tell us about polit...
27 Okt 201829min
History and Theories of Politics (Prof. Sophie Smith)
What does it mean to think about politics philosophically? How did Renaissance and early modern thinkers address that question? And in what ways is a historical lens helpful to think about the theory ...
27 Okt 201819min
