From Rousseau to Robispierre, and Hobbes to Hegel, and from them all to Marx and then to Marcuse in the 60s "Repressive Tolerance"...oh and how true it is.. having exchanged the Creator for the creature... secular man has replaced Church 'repression' for secular 'oppression'...and Marcuse spells it out "The conclusion reached is that the realization of the objective of tolerance would call for intolerance toward prevailing policies, attitudes, opinions, etc"
For those interested in the Kitty Genovese case, introduced at 17:02, see the 2015 documentary "The Witness", which challenges the long-held view that 38 or some number of her neighbors callously sat by and did nothing while the murder occurred.
"THE passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct, and giving his actions the morality they had formerly lacked(..) Although, in this state, he deprives himself of some advantages which he got from nature, he gains in return others so great" Rousseau, The Social Contract. People should read Rousseau before talking about his ideas.
Pierre Bayle was the 'projectile' (bullet of doubt) and Voltaire was the 'gun'.. aiming at the corrupt Church they advanced the idea of "Autonomous man" who lived by 'reason', but...there was a problem. When you suddenly hear "All traffic lights will be out of order till further notice" the ONE thing you hope for at the next intersection is... a traffic cop. The enlightenment searched for 'authority' based on 'Reason' but 3 different people have 3 different ideas of what's 'reasonable'.
Rousseau is important because of how he fits into the period of the "enlightenment"... he had embraced John Locke's idea of Tabula Rasa (clean slate) at birth and as some of you suggest ..he thinks the cities corrupt people.. No...that's not the case. Rousseau wrote "Emile" on education showing how virtue can be obtained through the right education. But HE lived as a gigilo and abandoned his own children.
Please just go read the fuckin book and do not dare to comment anything before that. Go educate yourself in anthropology and evolutuon then come back and say something.
So...the point is..when you write the SCRIPT the ending is always happy if you want it to be...but he... knowing full well what sin is... lived smack bang in the middle of it. His flawed ideas influenced Kant..who's ideas in turn influenced Sayda Benhabib at Yale about multiculturalism. Her views are 'reason' based and flawed. But I digress. Rousseau was part of the 'If God seems far...guess who moved' equation where 'MAN' is the one who moved.
Thank you for making these lectures available. Great service to all .
A very enlightened narrative. Wonderful material for teaching and learning about the evolution of human equality.
Excellent lecture, very inspiring. I wish I know who the professor was.
Am I the only one who feels Rousseau's theories are super relevant to issues that are so pertinent today?
Read Derrida and then ask that question again.
Am I the only one who put this on speed 2x?
From Rousseau to Robispierre, and Hobbes to Hegel, and from them all to Marx and then to Marcuse in the 60s "Repressive Tolerance"...oh and how true it is.. having exchanged the Creator for the creature... secular man has replaced Church 'repression' for secular 'oppression'...and Marcuse spells it out "The conclusion reached is that the realization of the objective of tolerance would call for intolerance toward prevailing policies, attitudes, opinions, etc"
For those interested in the Kitty Genovese case, introduced at 17:02, see the 2015 documentary "The Witness", which challenges the long-held view that 38 or some number of her neighbors callously sat by and did nothing while the murder occurred.
Very passionate lecture, I like the comparisons between other theorists.
"THE passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces a very remarkable change in man, by substituting justice for instinct in his conduct, and giving his actions the morality they had formerly lacked(..) Although, in this state, he deprives himself of some advantages which he got from nature, he gains in return others so great" Rousseau, The Social Contract. People should read Rousseau before talking about his ideas.
ok, great lectures, but you could have picked a slightly less pixelated pic of Rousseau:)
Pierre Bayle was the 'projectile' (bullet of doubt) and Voltaire was the 'gun'.. aiming at the corrupt Church they advanced the idea of "Autonomous man" who lived by 'reason', but...there was a problem. When you suddenly hear "All traffic lights will be out of order till further notice" the ONE thing you hope for at the next intersection is... a traffic cop. The enlightenment searched for 'authority' based on 'Reason' but 3 different people have 3 different ideas of what's 'reasonable'.
I like Jaques Derrida's take on Rousseau.
Yes...who is the professor?
Rousseau is important because of how he fits into the period of the "enlightenment"... he had embraced John Locke's idea of Tabula Rasa (clean slate) at birth and as some of you suggest ..he thinks the cities corrupt people.. No...that's not the case. Rousseau wrote "Emile" on education showing how virtue can be obtained through the right education. But HE lived as a gigilo and abandoned his own children.
great lecture, but Rousseau was nuts
There has never been a group of people living in a pure state of nature without any culture.
You're saying humans and culture appeared simultaneously. Seems unlikely without a god
Please just go read the fuckin book and do not dare to comment anything before that. Go educate yourself in anthropology and evolutuon then come back and say something.
Ok
Here here!
who is the lecturer?
Alis A Dennis Dalton
Thank you
I think you’re confusing philosophical idealism with the common usage of idealism in modern discourse...
So...the point is..when you write the SCRIPT the ending is always happy if you want it to be...but he... knowing full well what sin is... lived smack bang in the middle of it. His flawed ideas influenced Kant..who's ideas in turn influenced Sayda Benhabib at Yale about multiculturalism. Her views are 'reason' based and flawed. But I digress. Rousseau was part of the 'If God seems far...guess who moved' equation where 'MAN' is the one who moved.
Do not agree with this man on many points...particularly his interpretation of Machiavelli.