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Philosophy in the epoch of ideology
Title:
Philosophy in the epoch of ideology
Author:
Sugrue, Michael.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
Springfield, VA. : Teaching Company, [1995]

©1995
Physical Description:
2 videocassettes (VHS: 495 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 booklet.
Summary:
The lectures in this part continue to show the consequences of the scientific revolution in our understanding of ourselves and the many problems it raises. As the predictive and productive powers of science make it seem the final resting place of human reason, much of philosophy argues for the application of the scientific method to regions where it had not before been tested. Comte founds sociology and Sumner applies the Darwinian insight to the structure of society.

These lectures also cover Hegel's thought and its evolution into Marxism. Also included are lectures on Freud, Kierkegaard, Darwin, and sociologist Max Weber, establishing the bedrock on which most modern understanding and criticism of society is based.
Language:
English
Contents:
Lecture 1. Comte and the origins of sociology. -- lecture 2. Hegel: the phenomenology of Geist. -- Lecture 3. Hegel's philosophy of history / M. Sugrue -- lecture 4. Marx and the problem of alienation and ideology / M. Sugrue -- lecture 5. Marx's historical materialism / D. Staloff -- lecture 6. Kierkegaard's Christian existentialism / M. Sugrue -- lecture 7. Schopenhauer: the world as will and idea. -- lecture 8. The classical doctrine of liberal democracy: John Stuart Mill's On liberty and Utilitarianism. -- lecture 9. The Darwinian revolution in social thought: William Graham Sumner. -- lecture 10. Weber's Historical Sociology. -- lecture 11. Freud and philosophy.
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Video Cassette