Amor Sciendi
Why Are There So Many Soldiers in Dutch Genre Painting? | Amor Sciendi
This video is an attempt to better understand Vermeer's Officer and Laughing Girl, but it takes the long way. In the video I explain the historical context of Dutch Genre Painting and some of the iconography associated with this style of...
One Minute History
174 - The Bill of Rights - One Minute History
The Bill of Rights is a crucial component of the United States Constitution, consisting of the first ten amendments ratified in 1791. These amendments were added to ensure individual liberties and reduce the powers of the federal...
Mr. Beat
When Can Speech Be Banned? | Schenck v. United States
In episode 68 of Supreme Court Briefs, a Socialist Party leader distributes thousands of pamphlets encouraging young men to resist getting drafted to fight in World War One, but apparently that's illegal for real.
Mr. Beat
Why Most People Lose Defamation Lawsuits | New York Times v. Sullivan
In episode 70 of Supreme Court Briefs, a police commissioner sues the New York Times for defamation after it runs an ad that talks trash about his department.
Mr. Beat
How Interracial Marriage Bans Ended | Loving v. Virginia
In episode 23 of Supreme Court Briefs, a woman with darker skin and a man with lighter skin get married and get arrested and kicked out of the state of Virginia. For several years, they fight for their marriage all the way to the Supreme...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Intermediate German #22: American Symbols of Freedom
Learn German while learning about some American symbols of freedom including the Pledge of Allegiance, bald eagles, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, Abraham Lincoln, and the Lincoln Memorial.
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Justice Denied
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, argues that Israeli policies towards the Palestinians are undermining
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Jewish Values
Rabbi Emeritus David J. Goldberg describes two core values that he believes to have been associated with the Jewish people over the past three and a half thousand years: freedom and justice.
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The Merits of Dissent
Stanford University classicist and political scientist Josiah Ober describes the vital role public dissent plays in a democracy, forcing us to continually reassess how well we are promoting our values, or even if those values are the...
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Arbitrary Power and Deuinionization
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes an example of his concern of the growing arbitrary power of the state.
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Against Libertarianism
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), demonstrates how the classical libertarian argument against the state impinging on our personal freedom is incorrect.
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Silent Operations of Power
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes how government agents reading our email is actually a diminishment of our civic liberty.
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Giving the Law to Yourself
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes how, in the neo-Roman understanding of freedom, being free from arbitrary power necessitated participatory citizenship.
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Rights Have Limits
"Rights Have Limits" explains that rights are not absolute by identifying specific examples and the reasons for those limitations.
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Freedom and Social Justice
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes how egalitarian principles in Scandinavian societies might be said to provide greater freedom to their people .
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Dignity and Democracy
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) highlights the importance of dignity for a well-functioning democracy.
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Immigrants and Migration
Immigrants and Migration analyzes how political, environmental, social, and economic factors cause people to move from place to place by defining the terms migration and immigrants.
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Recovering Buried Treasure
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes how we would do well to resuscitate some ideas from the past that were inappropriately discarded.
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Denaturing the Canonical
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), urges us to question our currently canonical interpretations of moral and political issues.
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On Being A Slave
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) demonstrates how the ancient Roman view of freedom, while largely overlooked today, is hugely relevant to many aspects of our contemporary world.
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Historical Method
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes his historical method of trying to understand what, precisely, is motivating historical figures to act in the way that they do.
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Freedom as Status
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes his intellectual trek from ancient Greek versions of freedom to ancient Roman ones.
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High Five Facts - Ancient Egyptian Slaves
This video explores five facts about ancient Egyptian slaves.
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Statue of Liberty Song /Lady Liberty
Learn all about the history and fact about the Statue of Liberty monument, with this fun educational music video brought to you by KLT Inc. Don't forget to sing along!