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1 | Preface | | 13:52 |
2 | The Necessity of Politics | | 1:07:16 |
3 | The State of Nature | | 1:08:35 |
4 | The Tyranny of Cousins | | 42:08 |
5 | Tribal Societies Property, Justice, War | | 46:33 |
6 | The Coming of the Leviathan | | 43:16 |
7 | Chinese Tribalism | | 38:00 |
8 | War and the Rise of the Chinese State | | 51:17 |
9 | The Great Han System | | 30:59 |
10 | Political Decay and the Return of Patrimonial Government | | 35:51 |
11 | The Indian Detour | | 32:26 |
12 | Varnas and Jatis | | 36:35 |
13 | Weaknesses of Indian Polities | | 37:55 |
14 | Slavery and the Muslim Exit from Tribalism | | 35:04 |
15 | The Mamluks Save Islam | | 30:24 |
16 | The Functioning and Decline of the Ottoman State | | 42:15 |
17 | Christianity Undermines the Family | | 39:31 |
18 | The Origins of the Rule of Law | | 50:20 |
19 | The Church Becomes a State | | 43:28 |
20 | The State Becomes a Church | | 41:36 |
21 | Oriental Despotism | | 37:11 |
22 | Stationary Bandits | | 42:55 |
23 | The Rise of Political Accountability | | 40:41 |
24 | Rente Seekers | | 54:23 |
25 | Patrimonialism Crosses the Atlantic | | 52:12 |
26 | East of the Elbe | | 33:23 |
27 | Toward a More Perfect Absolutism | | 40:12 |
28 | Taxation and Representation | | 56:07 |
29 | Why Accountability Why Absolutism | | 37:41 |
30 | Political Development and Political Decay | | 1:04:32 |
31 | Political Development, Then and Now | | 1:08:24 |