The group (Greg Wilson, Rachel Fulton Brown, Micah Sample, Lewis Sloter, and Barry Jacobs) invited me to discuss themes out of my Explaining Postmodernism. The nearly two-hour conversation is at YouTube and embedded below. Our topics of discussion ranged over: Kant * whether “the Enlightenment,” “Renaissance,” “Postmodernism,” and other broad labels are legitimate * the […]
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In March I will be in Australia for my Adventures in Postmodernism tour, sponsored by True Arrow Events, based in Melbourne. I’ll be touring four cities, giving lectures in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane. Additionally, in Sydney and Melbourne I will be conducting full-day Master Classes for those interested in a deep dive into Enlightenment-versus-postmodern theory and
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Audio links: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: The “Dark” Ages or The “Brilliant” Ages? // Chronology // Was there a Dark Age? // Why did the activity pick up after the year 1000? // Roger Bacon and Thomas Aquinas // Why is the debate significant today? // The verdict on Christianity // The verdict on modernity and the Enlightenment // Why
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The next three episodes are into production: “The Dim Ruins of the Enlightenment” Conservatives: Get Over the Dark Ages Nietzsche’s Sister and The Will to Power They’ll be released on Mondays in November.
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The well-prepared Ricardo Lopes from Portugal interviewed me on the charged question of Nietzsche’s relationship to the National Socialists.
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Episode 2 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Audio link: iTunes Soundcloud Stitcher Topics and times: History // Three options: coincidence, unintended consequences, intended // Quoting Marx, Engels, Lenin, Dzerzhinsky, Trotsky, Hobsbawm // Environmental determinism in Marxism // Plasticity of human nature in Marxism // Economic circumstances as fundamental social-environmental forces //
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Chart 1.3: Defining Pre-modernism, Modernism, and Post-modernism Pre-modernism Modernism Post-modernism Metaphysics Realism: Super-naturalism Realism: Naturalism Anti-realism Epistemology Mysticism and/or faith Objectivism: Experience and reason Social subjectivism Human Nature Original Sin; Subject to God’s will Tabula rasa and autonomy Social construction and conflict Ethics Collectivism: altruism Individualism Collectivism: egalitarianism Politics & Economics Feudalism Liberal
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The full playlist of Open College with Stephen Hicks is here. Free Speech: Why the Philosophy Matters. Episode #1 Violent Politics: The Lesson of Marxism. Episode #2 Conservatives Are Not Free-Market Capitalists. Episode #3 The Dim Ruins of the Enlightenment? Episode #4 Conservatives: Get Over the Dark Ages. Episode #5 Nietzsche’s Sister and The Will
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The transcript of my discussion with Sargon of Akkad follows the embedded video. Understanding Postmodernism with Professor Stephen Hicks Transcript of Sargon of Akkad’s (a.k.a. Carl Benjamin) interview with Stephen Hicks, June 2018 Questions What inspired you to write a book explaining postmodernism? Military history suggests that pomo is an attack strategy—is it?
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British philosopher John Gray claims: “We live today amid the dim ruins of the Enlightenment project, which was the ruling project of the modern period.” For more on the implications of Gray’s pessimistic assessment for postmodernism, see p. 23 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault. Information about other editions and translations is
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