Part 4 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 4. The Nazis in Power [mp3] [YouTube] [44 minutes] 13. Political controls [mp3] [YouTube] 14. Education [mp3] [YouTube] 15. Censorship [mp3] [YouTube] 16. Eugenics [mp3] [YouTube] 17. Economic controls [mp3] [YouTube] 18. Militarization [mp3] [YouTube] 19. The Holocaust [mp3] […]
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Part 3 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 3. National Socialist Philosophy [mp3] [YouTube] [19 minutes] 6. The Nazi Party Program [mp3] [YouTube] 7. Collectivism, not individualism [mp3] [YouTube] 8. Economic socialism, not capitalism [mp3] [YouTube] 9. Nationalism, not internationalism or cosmopolitanism [mp3] [YouTube] 10. Authoritarianism, not
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Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View was first produced as a documentary in 2006. The book version was published in 2010. A Polish translation is forthcoming in 2014. We are releasing an audiobook version serially. To begin, here are Parts 1 and 2. Part 1. Introduction: Philosophy and History [mp3] [YouTube] [5 minutes] 1.
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I just came across Kevin Rathunde and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s academic study, published American Journal of Education. From the abstract: “Multivariate analysis showed that the Montessori students reported greater affect, potency (i.e., feeling energetic), intrinsic motivation, flow experience, and undivided interest (i.e., the combination of high intrinsic motivation and high salience or importance) while engaged in
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Part 2 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 2. Explaining Nazism Philosophically [mp3] [YouTube] [17 minutes] 3. How could Nazism happen? [mp3] [YouTube] 4. Five weak explanations for National Socialism [mp3] [YouTube] 5. Explaining Nazism Philosophically [mp3] [YouTube] Forthcoming: Part 3. National Socialist Philosophy Part 4. The
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Part 1 of the audiobook version of my Nietzsche and the Nazis: A Personal View. Part 1. Introduction: Philosophy and History [mp3] [YouTube] [5 minutes] 1. Fascinated by history [mp3] [YouTube] 2.What is philosophy of history? [mp3] [YouTube] Forthcoming: Part 2. Explaining Nazism Philosophically Part 3. National Socialist Philosophy Part 4. The Nazis in Power
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“A common misconception often quoted by media, politicians, activists is that violence is on the rise and has historically been much lower. Similarly, the trend in post-colonial anthropology has been to regard historically indigenous and tribal societies as more peaceful than contemporary Western society. However, archaeological evidence shows that previous societies had very high level
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A good journalistic piece in The New York Times: “The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation.” (Thanks to R.M. for the link.) Rent control is a classic case of bad economics and bad ethics. The bad economics is ignorance of unintended consequences — in this case a price control that makes the initial problem worse. The
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