On Cultural Marxism, Colonialism and Racial Rhetoric — With Lucas Skrobot
In conversation with Dubai’s Lucas Skrobot.
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Education Theory 13: Marx, Marxism, and Education
15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Thirteen: Marxism, Marx, and Education: What is Karl Marx’s philosophy, and how does it apply to education in a capitalist society and in preparing students for a revolutionary social change? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and
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Crypto on Peterson and Hicks on Pomo and Neo-Marxism
A very good three-part essay by Crypto on (1) Postmodernism, (2) Neo-Marxism, and (3) their intersection. I don’t know who the authors are, but I appreciate their clear and concise summary. Their statement of purpose in writing the essay: “this essay was not written with the intention of expressing agreement or disagreement with Peterson’s conceptualisation
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Is my Marxism genuine or fraudulent?
Some time ago I was lambasted for being a Marxist professor who indoctrinates his students: Now the exact same video prompts the opposite reaction: Hence my new slogan: “Marxists and anti-Marxists of the world, pay attention!”
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Chait: “Oh, Good, It’s 2016 and We’re Arguing About Whether Marxism Works”
Indeed: Jonathan Chait on Marxism today. Related: My video lecture on Marxism and its implications for education. My posts and publications on Marx and Marxism.
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Is Marxism necessarily violent?
I’m reminded today of an earlier post on Marx and Engels’s The Communist Manifesto, in which I offered two explanations for why the 1848 Marx held that communism could only come about by violent revolution. In response to that post, philosopher Tibor Machan then pointed me to this passage from an 1872 speech Marx gave
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Problems from Marxism
Postmodernism draws many themes from Marxism. Here Stephen Hicks discusses several problems from Marxist theory and history that postmodernism reacts to. From Part 14 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Quotations from Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida. Next: Pomo: skeptical relativistic rhetoric against modern society. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the
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Marxism on capitalism’s dynamic: “The rich get richer …”
Stephen Hicks discusses socialism’s view of capitalism as the “rich get richer.” This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: The socialism in “scientific socialism”–Necessary economic developmental stages.Next: Revolution, not evolution.Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube via
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Marxism = Nazism (another datum)
Baader-Meinhof was a far Left terrorist group, and one of the most violent, killing dozens and maiming more during the 1970s. Its “official” name was Rote Armee Fraktion (“Red Army Faction”). The logo shows a nice big socialist red star with a Heckler Koch submachine gun. The group’s two most prominent members were Andreas Baader
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Driver’s education and the government-schooling debates
Re-reading E. G. West’s classic Education and the State, which plunges into the current and historical debates over private and government education. Suppose, for the sake of argument, that we grant that the government has obligation to protect children and that growing up ignorant is one of the things the government should protect children against.
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