Revolutionaries, Reformers, and Radicals: Liberty Emerges
July 27-August 2 ● Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PA area
A tour of libertarian intellectual heritage and game-changing political thought from the 17th through mid-19th century, examining the foundations for liberty laid by Hume, Smith, Locke, America’s Founding Fathers, and more. Learn about the impact of radical reformers in the Civil War era, individualist anarchists, and Tocqueville’s views on American democracy. Discuss critics of classical liberal thought like Marx, Engels, and Rousseau. Connect the libertarian intellectual heritage to the emergence of civil rights and other issues relevant for today. This seminar is ideal for IHS summer seminar alumni and students who are familiar with the libertarian conceptual framework.
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Revolutionaries, Reformers, and Radicals: Liberty Emerges
- 13th Amendment
- Frédéric Bastiat, "What is Seen adn What is Not Seen"
- Ben Berger, "Tocqueville's Television"
- Edmund Burke, “Speech to the Electors of Bristol”
- Edmund Burke, “Two Letters to Gentlemen in Bristol on the Trade of Ireland”
- Jefferson Davis, Inaugural Address
- Friedrich Engels, Synopsis of Capital, Parts I and IV (pp 3-11, 26-38)
- David Hume, “Justice and Injustice”
- David Hume, “Of Commerce”
- David Hume, “Of Money”
- David Hume, “Of the Balance of Trade”
- Thomas Jefferson, "A Summary View of the Rights of British America"
- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
- John Locke, “Of Property”
- Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Programme, Parts I and IV
- J. S. Mill, “Introductory: On Liberty”
- J. S. Mill, “On the Connection Between Justice and Utility”
- Gustave de Molinari, The Production of Security
- Jim Powell, “John Locke: Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property”
- Daniel Shaw, “Hume’s Moral Setimentalism”
- Adam Smith, “Of Sympathy”
- Lysander Spooner, No Treason. No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority [1870]
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
