20. The purpose of doing history: to create knowledge of the past or to inform where we are headed in the future?

19. What are revolutions, and when are they necessary?

18. Theories of private property in the age of capitalism: Hobbes and Locke

17. The history and value of utopian thinking, part 5: Thomas More's "Utopia"

16. The history and value of utopian thinking, part 4: the Western philosophical tradition (Plato)

15. The history and value of utopian thinking, part 3: socialist values and culture in the Bible

14. The history and value of utopian thinking, part 2: what makes us human?

13. The history and value of utopian thinking part 1: introduction

12. Back to fundamentals: private property, the commons, and democracy

11. The legacy of the Cold War part 4: its influence today

Thought companion #01: some of the many things Richard Dawkins doesn't understand about religion

10. The legacy of the Cold War part 3: the four post-war zones and their problems (continued)

09. The legacy of the Cold War part 2: the four post-war zones and their problems

08. The legacy of the Cold War part 1: the post-World War II context

07. The twin births of capitalism and socialism, and where that's left us

06. A history of the study of history (and why it matters)

05. Democratic socialism and our understanding of history

04. Creating change: The stories we have and the stories we need

Studying history: What does real change look like?

What is our object of study? Seeing things holistically