Description: Join Dr. Stephen Hicks, philosopher, professor, author and Mark Michael Lewis as they discuss the philosophies of Postmodernism and Marxism and their strange union in modern woke politics—and the Objectivist contrast.
Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction to Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and Its Application 02:50 – Cultural Conversations: Postmodernism vs. Modernism 06:06 – The Impact of Postmodernism on Society 09:01 – Historical Perspectives on Cultural Decline 11:56 – Modern vs. Postmodern Philosophy 15:03 – Ethics and Politics in Modernism and Postmodernism 17:48 – The Paradox of Postmodernism and Marxism 21:04 – Critical Theory and Its Relationship with Postmodernism 33:02 – The Individual and Social Repression 36:01 – Marxism and Postmodernism: A Rhetorical Strategy 39:24 – Environmental Determinism and Its Implications 42:08 – Philosophy and the Ayn Rand Hero 45:46 – Aesthetics and Politics: A Complex Relationship 56:14 – Literature and Philosophy: The Impact of Ayn Rand.
Related: Professor Hicks’s primers on core texts from Marx, Rand, Foucault, and Derrida, in his Philosophers Explained series: