Canadian philosopher Andrew Colgan, Ph.D., wrote this Pocket Guide to Postmodernism. I wrote an Introduction for it. Aimed at students and those looking to wrap their minds around the often-strange world of postmodernist ideas and activism, the Pocket Guide is a short, clearly written overview of the themes and arguments of my full-length book Explaining […]
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I was a guest, along with the excellent Marian Tupy, on the TASA show hosted by Jennifer Grossman. We discuss the origins of Cato’s Human Progress project, how we entered the Age of Abundance, social media and the patience needed to deal with online brutalism, the many positive social indicators of modernity, whether optimism vs.
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This week we feature Socialists Define Socialism. Eight prominent socialists offer their definitions of their desired system: *Intellectuals: Karl Marx (Germany), Henri de Saint-Simon (France), Robert Heilbroner (USA), Michael Harrington (USA). * Politicians: Vladimir Lenin (Russia), Mao Zedong (China), Clement Atlee (Britain), Jawaharlal Nehru (India). Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in
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We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the seventh: OC7: Your Sex Life Under Socialism. “If socialism means collective ownership of the means of production, and human beings are the most important means of production, then socialism means collective ownership of human beings. And if human beings are
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Paula Nedved reminds me of Tocqueville’s diagnosis in Democracy in America, Volume 2 (1835): “In America, the majority draws a formidable circle around thought. Within these limits, the writer is free; but woe to him if he dares to go beyond them. It isn’t that he has to fear an auto-da-fé, but he is exposed
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In New York one year ago, Thaddeus Russell and I debated: Do Free Societies Need Postmodernism? Follow-up: SoHo Forum debate results and impressions. The promised quotations from Quine, Kuhn, Feyerabend, and Lentricchia.
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Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The first course: Money. Examine the essential role that money plays in production, trade, and investment with thinkers such as Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises as your guide—as well as explore the hostility
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Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. A study in contrast — content, method, and civility. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast. Bitchute: http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution. Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks. Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw The mentioned Cato Unbound articles on Kant and Classical Liberalism: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2017/09/20/immanual-kant-versus-liberalism-my-three-posts-collected/ Contact Dr. Hicks
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