Today’s conversation will be recorded for later release. Possible topics of discussion, some suggested by listeners to our previous discussion: * How has postmodernism evolved, a generation after Foucault, Derrida, and Rorty? * Is the resurgent Alt-Right more or less dangerous than the angry Left? * What do you say to those to say Cultural […]
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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics: Why indoctrination makes sense to postmodernists // Modern ideal of liberal education // My undergraduate experience // New-fashioned indoctrination Transcription: Forthcoming. Sources: John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), Chapter 2. Mark Lilla: “The history of French philosophy in
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At the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, my article “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists.” Teasers: Who said this? We cannot escape our ethnocentric predicament. We must, in practice, privilege our own group. And this? You don’t want to build up your opponent’s arguments; you want to squelch them. This? Renounce all philosophical speculation and
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Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Is Religion Good or Bad for Politics? John C. Wright The question is whether religion is good or bad for politics. The
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My discussion with Australia’s Tim Wilms ranges over the regressive left, trigger warnings, microaggressions, what enabled the return of Marxism and socialism, how capitalism is good for environmental health, and what’s important in Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Available in video or audio formats, or at YouTube: Related: My Adventures in Postmodernism tour, Australia, March 2019.
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[A translation into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde of my Open College episode, “Your Sex Life Under Socialism.”] El socialismo se define de manera estándar como la propiedad colectiva de los medios de producción. ¿Qué implica eso para tu vida sexual? A veces, el socialismo se concibe más estrechamente como una doctrina económica acerca de la
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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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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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[Reposting from its first publication at EveryJoe.] Is a seismic change rumbling through Left-wing circles? In the hard-Left Jacobin magazine, two young philosophers bemoan their discovery that postmodern strategies have now been captured by the hateful and hated Alt-Right — and so in reaction they propose that socialists embrace the philosophy of the Enlightenment.[1] President Donald
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