Kant died in 1804 — yet contemporary cultural warriors continue to cite him explicitly as grounding their ideologies — for example Dinesh D’Souza on behalf of the conservative right and Jean-François Lyotard on behalf of the postmodern left. Why is Kant’s influence so long-lasting?
“Does Immanuel Kant Matter?”
Episode Number: 57
Date: October 2024
About Professor Hicks
Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher and author of seven books, including Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault and Nietzsche and the Nazis. His writings have been translated into 20 languages.
He was Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois, has been Visiting Professor of Business Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Visiting Professor at Jagiellonian University, Poland, Visiting Fellow at the Social Philosophy & Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College at Oxford University in England, Senior Fellow at The Objectivist Center in New York, and Visiting Professor at the University of Kasimir the Great, Poland.
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