Great stuff! I had no idea what I was getting when I bought the audiobook, but it turned out to be an informative course, delivered in a easy to listen, conversational style. The baroque interludes and faux applause are a bit dodgy, but the accompanying outline pdf is helpful. Kramer surprised me positively by including a brief but solid philosophy of history/social theory introduction. Marx and feminism get, deservedly, two lectures each. At the same time these show how superficial the treatment of individual thinkers is, but that is bound to be the case in a survey course such as this. All in all, sets a high standard for the Great Courses series, which I've now bought a couple more.