In collaboration with Sprouts Schools, I welcome you to view this excerpt: The script was excerpted from my book Nietzsche and the Nazis. The audiobook edition has a gratifying 3.7 millions listens so far. Check out all three video-animations at the Sprouts Schools channel, which together have over 500,00 views at YouTube so far: Part […]
3-minute animation: Nietzsche’s Masters and Slaves Read More »
Liberdade de Expressão e Pós-Modernismo. I will be speaking in English at this co-sponsored, public event.
“Free Expression—versus Postmodernism.” Talk in São Paulo, Brazil Read More »
Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, April 6 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” event in which Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on ethics and questions from our 63K Instagram followers. Bring your most interesting questions! Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested? Use this link HERE to get
Stephen Hicks: Ask Me Anything about Ethics Read More »
With Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. The fourth session of The Anti-Capitalism Course will be “Next Generation Socialism?” Socialist intellectual Robert Heilbroner’s question: If we acknowledge the disasters of 20th-century socialism, what lessons can we learn to do socialism better next time? Link to register for the session at Kazm. Reading in preparation for the session: Robert
The Anti-Capitalism Course: “Next-Generation Socialism?” Read More »
Alexander Dugin is the most well-known philosopher in Russia. New to my Texts in Philosophy page, for use in my courses, is this translation of Dugin’s 1997 article “Fascism—Borderless and Red”. His influence upon Vladimir Putin and Putin’s inner circle is real but its degree is debated by experts on current Russian politics. Dugin was
Alexander Dugin is a straight-up Fascist Read More »
In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers
1. Three men who died recently are brought before the throne of God and told that they may each have one wish.The Briton asks for an end to war.The American asks for an end to hunger.The Russian smiles slyly and says, “In my village, I have a neighbor who has a cow. I do not
Two jokes from Russia about envy Read More »
How much progress have humans made, and why is the good news so little known? CEO Jennifer Grossman in conversation with philosopher Stephen Hicks and Marian Tupy, editor of HumanProgress.org and senior policy analyst at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. Related: Did Coffee Give Us The Enlightenment? (Open College).
Human Progress: Stephen Hicks & social scientist Marian Tupy [In Case You Missed It] Read More »