Postmodernism draws many themes from Marxism. Here Stephen Hicks discusses several problems from Marxist theory and history that postmodernism reacts to. From Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Quotations from Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida. Next: Pomo: skeptical relativistic rhetoric against modern society. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the […]
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Stephen Hicks discusses the Enlightenment vision of the eighteenth-century. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: What modernism is. Next: Post-modernism’s themes. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks discusses post-modernism’s philosophical themes in contrast to those of pre-modernism and modernism. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: The Enlightenment vision. Next: Quotations from Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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Stephen Hicks contrasts modernism’s and pre-modernism’s philosophical themes. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Postmodern philosophy: Introduction. Next: The Enlightenment vision. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube via these playlists. Return to the StephenHicks.org main
Steven Johnson’s TED talk on the outbreak and John Snow’s wonderful persistence in discovering the cause of cholera.
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… is forthcoming in August and is now available for pre-order at Amazon. It will be published in both hardcover and Kindle formats. The image is a gray-scale version of the cover. The book version is based on the script of the 2006 documentary and is now complete with footnotes, index, bibliography, appendices, and other
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I’ve been browsing Anne Heller’s biography of Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand and the World She Made came out last year, and I am late to the discussion. I was stuck by this line about the New York City that Rand lived in while she was writing Atlas Shrugged. Heller writes: “New York was such a
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Stephen Hicks discusses Marx’s account of the necessary economic development stages in scientific socialism. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: The science in “scientific socialism.” Next: The socialism in “scientific socialism”–Capitalism’s dynamic: “The rich get richer …” Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the
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