Stephen Hicks introduces postmodern philosophy by contrasting its themes to modernism and pre-modernism. This is from Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: [Part 13: Marxism] Education under socialism. Next: What modernism is. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube […]
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Stephen Hicks discusses Marxism’s view of education during the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e., during the transition from capitalism to socialism. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Marxist teachers in a capitalist system. Next: Education under socialism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full
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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 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 the compatibility of Objectivist philosophy and Montessori education. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course. Previous: Montessori practices and principles. Next: [Part 13: Marxism] Marxist philosophy. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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This fifteen-part video course covers philosophical issues that bear directly upon education. Professor Hicks discuss the philosophers — Plato, Locke, Kant, Dewey, and others — who have influenced education greatly, and he compares systems of educational philosophy and their implications for education in practice. This course presupposes no formal knowledge of philosophy or education. Jump
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[This excerpt is from Chapter 5 of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault] Marcuse and the Frankfurt School: Marx plus Freud, or oppression plus repression Marcuse had long labored in the trenches of academic philosophy and social theory before coming to fame in America in the 1960s. He studied philosophy at Freiburg
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The Non-fiction “Ayn Rand.” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001. Ayn Rand was a major intellectual of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1905 and educated there, she immigrated to the United States after graduating from university. Upon becoming proficient in English and establishing herself as a writer of fiction, she became well-known as a
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Explaining Postmodernism:Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault By Stephen R. C. HicksProfessor of Philosophy English editions: First edition: two hardcover and eight softcover printings from 2004-2010 by Scholargy Publishing. First edition Kindle e-book published 2010. Expanded hardcover edition published in 2011 by Ockham’s Razor. Kindle expanded edition published in 2011. Audiobook edition narrated by
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