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Timbro to publish Swedish translation of Explaining Postmodernism

1 Comment / History of Philosophy, News / Stephen Hicks

I’m happy to announce that my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault has been translated into Swedish and will published as Postmodernismens Förklaring: Skepticism och socialism från Rousseau till Foucault by Timbro and Stiftelsen Fritt Näringsliv in Stockholm. Much thanks to Anders Johansson, who did the translation, and to Adam Cwejman, who […]

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Was Kant an Enlightenment liberal?

25 Comments / History of Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

A discussion question, after a series of linked-to posts on Immanuel Kant: On women — e.g., “woman betrays her secrets even though she is unable to keep those of others (owing to her love of gossip). Man is fond of domestic peace and submits easily to its governance so as to be unmolested in his

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TRAC panel on Odd Nerdrum’s Kitsch and Roger Scruton’s Beauty

Leave a Comment / Art, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

At the The Representational Art Conference in Ventura, California, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on The Aesthetics of 21st Century Representational Art – (Odd Nerdrum’s Kitsch and Roger Scruton’s Beauty): Moderator: Peter Trippi, Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine. Panelists: Julio Reyes, Stephen Hicks, Alan Lawson, Jan-Ove Tuv. Earlier in the conference, I’ll also

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Zero-sum economics? J. K. Rowling edition

7 Comments / Economics, Literature / Stephen Hicks

Here is a clear example of zero-sum thinking, this time in literature. Author Lynn Shepherd laments J. K. Rowling’s publishing another book, on the grounds that the successful writer crowds out the less successful. In Shepherd’s words: “It wasn’t just that the hype was drearily excessive, or that (by all accounts) the novel was no

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Heidegger’s “Black Notebooks” to be published in Germany

1 Comment / History of Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

And they will no doubt ignite another round of debate about Martin Heidegger’s anti-Semitism and Nazism. History professor Robert Zaretsky summarizes the evolution of the debate to date. My thoughts here.

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Upcoming California talk on “Postmodernism and Its Discontents”

2 Comments / News, Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

On March 5, I’ll be speaking at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks on “Postmodernism and Its Discontents.”

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Upcoming talk on philosophy and representational art

Kaizen 29: The Zol Cendes interview

1 Comment / Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, News / Stephen Hicks

Entrepreneurial Software The latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features my interview with Zoltan Cendes. We met in Naples, Florida, to discuss Mr. Cendes’s experience founding Ansoft, a $900 million software company that revolutionized engineering modeling. My favorite images from this issue show the uses of Ansoft’s software in improving the air and fluid dynamics for

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