I’ll be giving a talk in Gdańsk, Poland, on Thursday May 24 at 5.30 p.m. My title is “The Philosophers and the Rise of National Socialism.” Thanks to Dr. Marek Szymaniak of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk for the invitation to speak. My thoughts on one philosopher’s relationship to the Nazis […]
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That decade spans my high school and undergraduate education. I list the following twelve books because they provoked strong intellectual or aesthetic engagement and, in some cases, long-term agreement. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small Alistair MacLean, The Guns of Navarone Ludwig von Mises, Socialism Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals L.M.
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For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Cesare Bonesana, “Torture” (1764). Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” (1928). Osama bin Laden, “Letter to the Americans” (2002). Michael Levin, “On Torture” (1982). Friedrich Nietzsche, “The Greek State” (1871). Charles Ogletree, “The Case for Affirmative Action” (2015). Thomas
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What are Fascism and Nazism, historically and philosophically? What are their connections to Benito Mussolini, Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph Goebbels, and Adolf Hitler? And do those words describe today’s Alt-Right and Antifa members? Vin Armani’s one-hour interview with me appears at 60:10:35 of this two-hour show: Related: Nietzsche and the Nazis. Mussolini and Gentile’s The Doctrine
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[John Enright translated this short piece by María Marty summarizing her interview with me. The video of the 12-minute interview follows.] Stephen Hicks is the author of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault and Nietzsche and the Nazis. A Personal View, which have been translated into several languages, including Spanish. Hicks also
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Romance is in the air, thus my annual reposting of my round-up of philosophers talking to their sweethearts – collected from conversations overheard at smoky cafés, college libraries, mountain caves, and seminar rooms the world over. The Aristotelian: “I wish to marry you, for I know that my happiness, both of body and soul, is
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Mark Michael Lewis interviewed me on a variety of philosophical topics. Below is an excerpted transcription, from 26:55 to 36:05, on the evolution of postmodernism. The transcription is by Walter Evans-Wenz. PDF here. Mark Michael Lewis interviews Stephen Hicks Hicks: Right now we are with respect to that phenomenon—that’s third generation postmodernism. What you have
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“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. There may be countless trails and bridges and demigods who would gladly carry you across; but only at the price of pawning and forgoing yourself. There is one path in the world that none can walk
[Thanks to the careful work of Paula Nedved (mter2013@gmail.com), below is a transcription (PDF here) of our video discussion diagnosing the roots of postmodernism. Dr. Peterson’s introduction: “On August 17, I spoke with Dr. Stephen Hicks, professor in the philosophy department at Rockford University. Dr. Hicks is the author of the influential and courageous 2004
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Anti-theocratic-authoritarian protests in Iran are good news for real liberals everywhere. So it’s important that we encourage the spread of human freedom and dignity — and shame those whose silence reveals either hypocrisy or cowardice. I’m happy that two of my books have been translated into Persian/Farsi and published in Iran: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and
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