5.7 Kobylka (2006)
Kobylka, Joseph F. (2006) Cycles of American Political Thought (Audio or Video with Course Guidebook). Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company.
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Author At the time of the creation of this course in 2006, Joseph F. Kobylka was an associate professor of Political Science and a founding member of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University. He graduated magna cum laude from Beloit College in 1978, with B.A. degrees in Government and History, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1985. As of that time, he was the author of three books and finishing another--The Judicial Odyssey of Harry A. Blackmun--as well as more that 20 articles is political science journals, law reviews and edited volumes. He was scheduled to appear on a four-part PBS series on the history of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2007. His teaching and research interests included American politics, constitutional law, judicial behavior, and American political thought, with particular interest in the interchange between constitutional law, theory, and doctrine, and American political thought. (Click the book cover (right) to go to The Teaching Company's website page for this course. There you can see a detailed description of the course and its 36 30-minute lectures.) |
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This is the best resource I've found that shows the similarities and differences between the political struggles of today and those at several earlier points in American history; it helps us separate the healthy from the unhealthy.
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"America is often described as a nation of doers. Its folk heroes are men and women of action, like Daniel Boone and Annie Oakley, who subdued an untamed wilderness on the way to forging a great nation. But is that the whole story? Is American history really just a tale of dynamic movers and shakers who left philosophizing to their European counterparts?
"In Cycles of American Political Thought, you'll examine the often neglected philosophical underpinnings of this nation's history. With renowned political scientist Professor Joseph F. Kobylka as your guide, you'll explore how this nation of 'doers' has, from its birth, been deeply engaged with the most fundamental questions of political philosophy.
"Over the course of 36 engaging lectures, Professor Kobylka weaves a tale of nation-founding and nation-building. You'll learn how, from its earliest days, the nation has borne the imprint of influential thinkers from the European continent, from the Reformation theology of John Calvin to the Enlightenment philosophy of John Locke. You'll examine how these ideas have influenced the greatest Americans as, over the centuries, the nation has cycled between variants of a single revolutionary political theory.
"But America's story is not simply one of ideas. From the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the Industrial Revolution to the Great Depression, Professor Kobylka's analysis shows how the actions and events of history have both affected and been influenced by underlying political philosophies." ~partial website course description
"In Cycles of American Political Thought, you'll examine the often neglected philosophical underpinnings of this nation's history. With renowned political scientist Professor Joseph F. Kobylka as your guide, you'll explore how this nation of 'doers' has, from its birth, been deeply engaged with the most fundamental questions of political philosophy.
"Over the course of 36 engaging lectures, Professor Kobylka weaves a tale of nation-founding and nation-building. You'll learn how, from its earliest days, the nation has borne the imprint of influential thinkers from the European continent, from the Reformation theology of John Calvin to the Enlightenment philosophy of John Locke. You'll examine how these ideas have influenced the greatest Americans as, over the centuries, the nation has cycled between variants of a single revolutionary political theory.
"But America's story is not simply one of ideas. From the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the Industrial Revolution to the Great Depression, Professor Kobylka's analysis shows how the actions and events of history have both affected and been influenced by underlying political philosophies." ~partial website course description
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