This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life are focused upon: the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), and democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville). The way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined throughout the course.

After the death of his wife, former civil servant Henri Rousseau takes up painting full time. Coming across as a rarified boob, Russell's version of Rousseau could best be described as an accidental master. Most of his canvases are crackpot versions of reality as seen through the eyes of a naïve painter, and his loneliness and lack of worldly perspective really amplifies his applied amateurishness. Russell treats this tale as sadly comic, and there are many jokes and jibes as Rousseau's expense. In fact, there is such a lighthearted atmosphere here that when we finally view the artist's best known masterpiece - "The Sleeping Gypsy" - it comes as quite a shock. Indeed, many of Russell's films purposely demystify the legendary, showing them just as capable of flaws and foibles as us mere humans. Indeed, as he continued on in his career, the filmmaker would make such an approach his main raison d'etra. Much of his work here can be seen as the basis for Women in Love, Tommy, and his ultimate classical rock god goof, Listzomania. 　　A dramatised portrait of the painter Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), known popularly as 'Le Douanier' because of his day job as a Customs clerk (he never reached the level implied by the nickname), both the film's best-known title and the one that actually appears on screen (Henri Rousseau: Sunday Painter) refer to the fact that his art had to be produced in his spare time, even after retirement. 　　Rousseau is played by the painter James Lloyd, the subject of an earlier Ken Russell Monitor documentary whose own career as a misunderstood naïve painter had many similarities. As Russell later told his biographer John Baxter, "He helped a lot with the atmosphere and the actors, because professionals have to adopt a different attitude when they're with someone like that. They can't do their 'acting' bit." 　　It was Russell's first fully dramatised biopic, without either the restrictions imposed by Monitor's former editor Huw Wheldon or the complex film-within-a-film framework of The Debussy Film. Here, the actors use their own voices (Lloyd's Cheshire accent neatly paralleling Rousseau's provincial Breton) or, in Annette Robertson's case, are dubbed by a male voice to create an unsettlingly androgynous Alfred Jarry. The film also reunited Russell with Melvyn Bragg and Oliver Reed, who wrote and delivered the understated commentary. 　　Given Russell's own battles with both critics and producers, it's tempting to assume that Always on Sunday is exorcising personal demons, as the film is both by and about artists who operate on instinct, frequently puting them at odds with the expectations of the mainstream establishment. Although Russell had had a much easier ride than Rousseau (at least up to this point), his work had already undergone much criticism and creative interference.

The life and thoughts of an Enlightenment philosopher who suffered from chronic restlessness. A detailed biography which places special emphasis on his most influential texts and commemorates his tercentenary birthday. Using "Les confessions" as the leitmotif, the film alternates between readings by actor Roger Jendly, encounters with international experts and musings on Rousseau's travel destinations. Its manner does not conform to today's tempo, but rather seems to follow the rhythm of a thought as it unfolds, resulting in an inevitably dense portrait on the extraordinary life of one of the leading French philosophers of the Enlightenment.

Les tribulations d’un professeur de philo, Benjamin Rousseau, aussi brillant qu’atypique et rebelle, et de ses élèves. Il leur donne des armes pour affronter la vie, qui sont Kant ou Spinoza. L’ironie dans tout cela : Rousseau, qui aide ces jeunes avancer, fait du surplace dans sa propre vie.

A high school senior comes to visit Port Chester (aka Politically Correct U) for the weekend, and the admissions department mistakenly sets him up to stay with Droz (Jeremy Piven), a seven year student and party-animal who lives in The Pit, the most offensive house on campus. After trying to pawn the pre-freshman off on his housemate (Jon Favreau), Droz sets off on his normal daily activities including disrupting a political protest by throwing meat at a group of vegan protesters. The President of the University then receives a number of complaints, and with the help of her lackey (superbly portrayed by David Spade), she may finally have the power to kick Droz's house off campus. But the Pit throws an all-campus rager where George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic performs, and everything might turn out alright if the various political groups can forget their protests for one night and just have fun together.

改编自萨德侯爵声名狼藉的小说《卧室的哲学》，基本上由影像和朗诵两部分组成，无对白，画外音念着小说的情节

This is the first documentary film on the International College of Philosophy (Collège 　　international de Philosophie: CIPH), founded by, among others, Jacques Derrida and 　　François Châtelet in 1983 in Paris. The film consists of interviews with former presidents 　　Michel Deguy, François Noudelmann and Bruno Clément, current vice-president Boyan 　　Manchev, and with former and current program directors Catherine Malabou, Francisco 　　Naishtat and Gisèle Berkman. The aim of this film is to consider the possibilities of the 　　humanities in general and philosophy in particular under the current conditions of global 　　capitalism. One of the main themes it tries to develop is the "question of the institution", 　　namely the relationship between philosophy and institutions—a topic that was very central 　　for deconstruction as elaborated and practiced by Derrida. 　　参见：http://todai-yale.jp/from_tyi/news/film09_en.html

卢梭1844年生於法国西北部的拉瓦尔市，幼年家境并不富裕，1871年进入巴黎市政府海关处担任收税员，而终其一生，就是担任这个安份的公务员；他的闲暇嗜好，就是创作绘画，曾经获准在罗浮宫美术馆临摹。曾经参加官方的沙龙展，却未曾入选；但他仍自得其乐的不断创作。 　　卢梭於 1855 年从巴黎一所收费站中退休后，始全力作画，因此博得「关税员」的称号。别人常把他归为「原始的」、「素人的」、「周日画家」之列，他却光明正大地认为自己是不折不古的专业画家。 　　1891年起常至植物园观赏温室里的热带景物，创作了许多充满幻想式的作品，如「睡眠中的吉普赛女郎」、「梦」等，1893年退休之后，生活清苦，却全心投入绘画创作；他充满想像的作品，却获得了诗人的赞赏及毕加索等前卫画家所推崇。 　　卢梭画的主题包罗万象，除了巴黎市郊，还有手法率真直接的人像，瑰丽的寓言性作品，花卉、尤其是一批富异国情调的大幅幻想式作品，这些作品是他常逛巴黎的公园、植物园、动物园所激发出来的。 　　卢梭创作热衷于创造一个幻想的世界，他的艺术很难归到哪一派，但他的画法属超现实主义。他似乎总是生活在一个梦幻的世界，这种与生俱来的爱幻想的天真性格，在他的日常生活中也充满天真烂漫，他的画具有原始童话般的魅力。

埃里克·甘迪尼的纪录片《电视政治》Erik Gandini, “Videocracy” 　　自从20世纪50年代显像管电视机风靡以来，电视机就被指责为降低美国公众智力的罪魁祸首。但在意大利，饱受丑闻困扰的西尔维奥·贝鲁斯科尼总理通过他对其所在国家最大传媒集团的垄断，控制着信息的传播。他通过媒体持续炮轰意大利广播电视公司（RAI），并在自家的Mediaset传媒集团的频道上大量播放肮脏的黄色节目，背后均有其更深层的原因。如果你想了解一位亿万富翁企业家的电视王国是如何改变了整个意大利的政治和大众传媒版图的，埃里克·甘迪尼精心构思的纪录片《电视政治》可以给你很多启发，让你对贝鲁斯科尼现象有一个深入的思考。这位出生在意大利、现居住在瑞典的导演（曾执导《关塔那摩：战争新规则》）并没有选择趟进唇枪舌战的文化冲突的浑水，而是采用了更讨巧的第一人称视角。 　　外滩美术馆北欧纪录片电影节。意大利真是一个奇葩的国度……这纪录片比故事片还好看啊。（www.kan84.net/bdhd/btVideocracy.html）

一部政治讽刺电影，以音乐为主，秀兰的即席演唱使她从此步入了一个非常重要角色的生活。