In the final section of Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course, Professor Hicks discusses the Marxist view of education under socialism. Clips 1-2: Previous: Education during the dictatorship of the proletariat. Next: [Part 14: Postmodernism] Postmodern philosophy: Introduction. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of […]
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Stephen Hicks discusses Marxism on the role of teachers in developing revolutionaries. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Religion as the opium of the masses. Next: Marxist teachers in a capitalist system. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of
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Stephen Hicks discusses the role of Marxist teachers working within a capitalist system. From Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: The role of teachers in developing revolutionaries. Next: Education during the dictatorship of the proletariat. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of
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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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Stephen Hicks discusses Marxism’s imperative of revolution and its rejection of evolutionary political change. From Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: The socialism in “scientific socialism”–Capitalism’s dynamic: “The rich get richer …” Next: Religion as the opium of the masses. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full
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Stephen Hicks discusses Marx’s claim that religion is the opium of the masses. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Revolution, not evolution. Next: The role of teachers in developing revolutionaries. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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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 Ayn Rand’s liberal politics. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: The Romantic sense of life Next: Rational self-interest Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.