Name: Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State by Political Theory 101
Duration: 1 h 15 min 54 s
Description: Benjamin and Edmund discuss why both Hobbes and Plato think the state is necessary, comparing and contrasting the two along the way.

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Alex and Benjamin read Thomas Aquinas' De Regno, focusing on what Aquinas does with Aristotle's regime typology.

Aquinas and De Regno

Benjamin and Edmund discuss why both Hobbes and Plato think the state is necessary, comparing and contrasting the two along the way.

Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State

The Cambridge-based political theorist Benjamin Studebaker joins the podcast to discuss society and escape, structures and markets, illusion and disillusion, all  in relation to 'Captain Fantastic' (Matt Ross).

29 - Flight of Fantasy (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'Captain Fantastic'

Edmund and Benjamin explore rhetoric, drawing on a variety of Greek thinkers. The Greek theorists' attitudes to rhetoric stem from their attitudes to knowledge. Is the crowd wise? Can rhetoric share wisdom with the crowd? Or is rhetoric where wisdom comes to die?

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Cicero, Seneca, and the Transition from Republic to Empire

Political theorist Benjamin Studebaker returns to talk work, structure, meritocracy and legitimation mechanisms as we discuss Sean Baker's wonderful film 'The Florida Project'.

32 - Hate the Sin, not the Sinner (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'The Florida Project'

Edmund and Benjamin discuss the four schools of international relations theory--realism, liberalism, Marxism, and constructivism. They consider the influence of materialism and idealism on the schools, along with the role of domestic politics and international institutions. Featuring Benjamin's John Mearsheimer impression.

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Mearsheimer, Wendt, and International Relations Theory

Parsing out truth and ideology, cause and effect, narrative shapes and emancipatory story forms with political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, in relation to 'Barbarians' (Netflix) and 'Industry' (HBO).

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Our most loyal guest, political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, returns to talk to Helen about cancellation, market contortions and AOC.

52 - A Shepherdess in a Fantasy Landscape (ft. Benjamin Studebaker) - 'Trumbo'

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Hobbes, Plato, and the Rise of the State

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