The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

Tracklist

• 1
  Preface
  13:52
• 2
  The Necessity of Politics
  67:16
• 3
  The State of Nature
  68:35
• 4
  The Tyranny of Cousins
  42:08
• 5
  Tribal Societies Property, Justice, War
  46:33
• 6
  The Coming of the Leviathan
  43:16
• 7
  Chinese Tribalism
  38:00
• 8
  War and the Rise of the Chinese State
  51:17
• 9
  The Great Han System
  30:59
• 10
  Political Decay and the Return of Patrimonial Government
  35:51
• 11
  The Indian Detour
  32:26
• 12
  Varnas and Jatis
  36:35
• 13
  Weaknesses of Indian Polities
  37:55
• 14
  Slavery and the Muslim Exit from Tribalism
  35:04
• 15
  The Mamluks Save Islam
  30:24
• 16
  The Functioning and Decline of the Ottoman State
  42:15
• 17
  Christianity Undermines the Family
  39:31
• 18
  The Origins of the Rule of Law
  50:20
• 19
  The Church Becomes a State
  43:28
• 20
  The State Becomes a Church
  41:36
• 21
  Oriental Despotism
  37:11
• 22
  Stationary Bandits
  42:55
• 23
  The Rise of Political Accountability
  40:41
• 24
  Rente Seekers
  54:23
• 25
  Patrimonialism Crosses the Atlantic
  52:12
• 26
  East of the Elbe
  33:23
• 27
  Toward a More Perfect Absolutism
  40:12
• 28
  Taxation and Representation
  56:07
• 29
  Why Accountability Why Absolutism
  37:41
• 30
  Political Development and Political Decay
  64:32
• 31
  Political Development, Then and Now
  68:24

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