My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and […]
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The nationalistic Right and the identity-politics Left share a collectivist, irrationalist, adversarial approach to culture and politics. Classically liberal individualism is a third and fundamentally distinct approach. Stephen Hicks, Professor of Philosophy (USA) and John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister (Australia) discuss. Full interview here. Related: Stephen Hicks on the intellectual roots political correctness, Woke
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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 12: El Capitalismo Liberal
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In his 1932 The Doctrine of Fascism, Benito Mussolini quotes approvingly historian Ernst Renan for his “pre-fascist intuitions”: “The maxim that society exists only for the well-being and freedom of the individuals composing it does not seem to be in conformity with nature’s plans, which care only for the species and seem ready to sacrifice
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Michel Foucault in 1976: “In addition to the State racism that developed in the conditions I have been telling you about, a social-racism also came into being, and it did not wait for the formation of socialist States before making its appearance. Socialism was a racism from the outset, even in the nineteenth century. No
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Recorded in Sweden, this interview (in English) with hosts Hanif Bali and Per Lindgren asks: What intellectual and historical sources led to the Culture Wars? The Patreon link for those who would like to sign up to their show: The book in English (audio, text) and in Swedish. Related:
God Ton podcast on the roots of the culture wars, with Hanif Bali and Per Lindgren Read More »
At the Hermann Hesse Museum in the south of Switzerland, where Hesse moved in 1919. Charming Medieval and Renaissance Italian-style neighborhood high in the hills overlooking the valley that overlooks Lugano. Here he wrote Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), The Glass Bead Game (1943). I have a future episode on Siddhartha coming out in the Philosophers.
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Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 11: La escasez significa