History of Freedom (Audiobook)
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It can be argued that one simple idea—the concept of freedom—has been the driving force of Western civilization and may be the most influential intellectual force the world has ever known.
But what is freedom, exactly?
Join historian and classical scholar J. Rufus Fears as he tells freedom's dramatic story from ancient Greece to our own day, exploring a concept so close to us we may never have considered it with the thoroughness it deserves.
[b]Delve Into the Meaning of Human Freedom[/b]
What did freedom mean to Abraham Lincoln—or to Robert E. Lee? To Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, or Martin Luther King?
What does it mean to us today?
Indeed, to consider freedom is to ask questions. Many questions.
[list][*]What does it take to be free, to have and to hold liberty?
[*]What moral questions did freedom raise for our forebears?
[*]What questions does it raise for us?
[*]What role do the liberal arts and the world of the intellect play in the life of a free society or a free individual?
[*]What does democracy have to do with freedom?
[*]Can a democratic politician be a statesman?
[*]How should we understand the relationship among freedom, religion, and morality?
[*]Is there a dichotomy between public and private morality in a free society?
[/list]You ponder these questions and more in this moving and provocative course, brought to you by a teacher whose 15 awards for outstanding teaching include three-time recognition as University of Oklahoma Professor of the Year.
Professor Fears combines a fine actor's captivating presence, superb timing, and feel for the telling anecdote with the broad and humane learning of a seasoned classics scholar.
[b]A History of Real People and Real Events[/b]
A firm premise of the course is that history is made by great individuals and great events, not by anonymous social and economic forces.
In fact, Professor Fears opens the course not with a dry presentation of liberty's philosophical requirements but by plunging you into the chaos of the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.
This was the seminal event in the history of freedom, with 9,000 citizen-soldiers of Athens defeating the much larger and better-equipped army of the Persian king Darius and thwarting his attempt to subjugate Greece.
This battle highlights dramatically the contrast between the political liberty of the Greek city-states and the absolutism of the monarchies of the ancient Near East.
It also highlights Professor Fears's approach to this course, as he focuses your engagement with the history of freedom on six seedtimes of liberty, along with the great people and events that helped shape the character of each.
[hide=Course Lecture Titles][list][*]1. The Birth of Freedom
[*]2. Athenian Democracy
[*]3. Athens—Freedom and Cultural Creativity
[*]4. Athenian Tragedy—Education for Freedom
[*]5. Socrates on Trial
[*]6. Alexander the Great
[*]7. The Roman Republic
[*]8. Julius Caesar
[*]9. Freedom in the Roman Empire
[*]10. Rome—Freedom and Cultural Creativity
[*]11. Gibbon on Rome’s Decline and Fall
[*]12. Jesus
[*]13. Jesus and Socrates
[*]14. Paul the Apostle
[*]15. Freedom in the Middle Ages
[*]16. Luther and the Protestant Reformation
[*]17. From Machiavelli to the Divine Right of Kings
[*]18. The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty
[*]19. The Shot Heard ’Round the World
[*]20. The Tyranny of George III
[*]21. What the Declaration of Independence Says
[*]22. Natural Law and the Declaration
[*]23. Miracle at Philadelphia
[*]24. What the Constitution Says
[*]25. The Bill of Rights
[*]26. Liberty and Lee at Gettysburg
[*]27. Liberty and Lincoln at Gettysburg
[*]28. FDR and the Progressive Tradition
[*]29. Why the French Revolution Failed
[*]30. The Liberal Tradition
[*]31. Churchill and the War for Freedom
[*]32. The Illiberal Tradition
[*]33. Hitler and the War Against Freedom
[*]34. The Cold War
[*]35. Civil Disobedience and Social Change
[*]36. Freedom and the Lessons of History
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