Ths sixth course lecture, on Kant.

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The fourth in my series of lecturelets for World Politics. This one introduces more radical challenges to the whole enterprise of IR theory as we have been investigating it thus far.

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The fifth course lecture, on Rousseau.

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Here it is. (Although, at 47 minutes, I wonder if it should just be a “lecture” rather than a “lecturelet.” There was just more to say about constructivism, since it’s a somewhat more complicated theory of world politics, so bear with me.)

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Here’s the second short lecture, on liberal IR theory.

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The fourth lecture, on John Locke’s two treatises of government.

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Here’s the lecture on Hobbes.

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A few words about “realism,” the first of the IR theoretical perspectives that we will be looking at this semester. You’ll need either iTunes or QuickTime Player to play the podcast properly; there is a video component, so make sure that you have the proper window open on your player once you download the file.

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The second course lecture, on Machiavelli. Note the much smaller file size.

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The first actual course lecture, on Thucydides. Complete with slides. Apologies for the immense file-size.

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