HCJ -1

I have slightly re-cut the the Rousseau podcast (for HCJ-1 theory). You can hear/see it at this link. I will also post a version on YouTube.

You should definately listen to this if you are HCJ one because it will be a big help for the seminar and - ultimately - for the exam (or test as it is called). We need volunteers to play the role similar to Seb and Andrew for the next podcast which will be a week on Tuesday. What this means is that after the lecture (3-4.15 pm in the HCJ) we will record the podcast in the radio studio (next door to the main newsroom TAB9) from 4.30 - 5.00 and then edit it and whack it up on the web. Tom Ostrebski did the production last Tuesday (very good too - another thing for the CV - produced half-hour 'as live' talk show with studio guests. So we need volunteers fto be the studio student guests to ask questions (logically those who are giving the seminar paper). We also need volunteers to do the studio production with Tom. He will show you how to do it maybe. Podcast a very good thing I think - ideal way to really massively deepen understanding on the theory course - and a great thing to be involved with producing. Please contact chris@horrie.com if you want to volunteer to be involved with the next podcast a wekk on Tuesday. If so please listen to BBC radio 4 - 'In Our Time' (or radio four play again - this is the style for the programme. Also In Our Time has many HCJ type topics as well). Onwards and upwards - Chris.

In the meantime here is the YALE UNIVERSITY undergraduate lecture on Rousseau. tHe lecturer here is a Rousseau specialist (at pehaps the top ranked university in the world for political theory). Note that this lecturer sees much less of a contrast between Rousseau and Locke than either Brian or myself (Brian adn I take the more traditional view). But this guy is obviously rehabilitating Rousseau to some extent. I didn't see this youtube lecture until after we did our podcast, so I am pleased to find that my review on Rousseau is not contradicted by this guy and - I would say - my version gets to the core of it more effectively than he does - he being an academic (meaning good at narrow/deep) whereas I am journalist, better a summing things up (broad and shallow). so there you are - between the two video (me and Yale) you should get a pretty good handle on this. We will do the same for each topic (eg Adam Smith next).