The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
Compilation by Francis Fukuyama & Jonathan Davis

First released: 2011
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- 1.Preface13:52
- 2.The Necessity of Politics1:07:16
- 3.The State of Nature1:08:35
- 4.The Tyranny of Cousins42:08
- 5.Tribal Societies Property, Justice, War46:33
- 6.The Coming of the Leviathan43:16
- 7.Chinese Tribalism38:00
- 8.War and the Rise of the Chinese State51:17
- 9.The Great Han System30:59
- 10.Political Decay and the Return of Patrimonial Government35:51
- 11.The Indian Detour32:26
- 12.Varnas and Jatis36:35
- 13.Weaknesses of Indian Polities37:55
- 14.Slavery and the Muslim Exit from Tribalism35:04
- 15.The Mamluks Save Islam30:24
- 16.The Functioning and Decline of the Ottoman State42:15
- 17.Christianity Undermines the Family39:31
- 18.The Origins of the Rule of Law50:20
- 19.The Church Becomes a State43:28
- 20.The State Becomes a Church41:36
- 21.Oriental Despotism37:11
- 22.Stationary Bandits42:55
- 23.The Rise of Political Accountability40:41
- 24.Rente Seekers54:23
- 25.Patrimonialism Crosses the Atlantic52:12
- 26.East of the Elbe33:23
- 27.Toward a More Perfect Absolutism40:12
- 28.Taxation and Representation56:07
- 29.Why Accountability Why Absolutism37:41
- 30.Political Development and Political Decay1:04:32
- 31.Political Development, Then and Now1:08:24
