A series of lectures for second year anthropology students in the Department of Social Anthropology in Cambridge by Alan Macfarlane. 1. A map of social theories, 1000-2000 by Alan Macfarlane 2. The Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), Alan Macfarlane 3. Adam Smith (1723-1790) 4. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) 5. Lecture on Karl Marx (1818-1883) 6. Lecture on Emile … [Read more...]
Great Economists: Classical Economics and its Forerunners
This course covers the history of economic thought up until the "Marginal Revolution" in the 1870s and features a video for each chapter of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations." The videos will answer important questions such as: Who were the first economic thinkers? What are the very origins of economic thought? What did earlier economists understand but has been lost to … [Read more...]
