I’m happy to announce that, coincidentally with my upcoming Adventures in Postmodernism tour downunder, an Australia and New Zealand edition of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Thanks to Anthony Cappello and Connor Court Publishing for making it happen. For other editions and translations, please see the Explaining Postmodernism page.
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I am happy to announce that the publishing division of the Museum of the Second World War will be producing a new edition of my Nietzsche and the Nazis in Polish. I thank Dr. Marek Szymaniak for his efforts in making this possible. For information on other translations and editions, please see my Nietzsche and the Nazis page.
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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Title: Envy’s Moral-Psychological Challenge
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Two minutes on the most important thing in the world. Video is in English with Spanish subtitles. Description in Spanish: “Stephen Hicks ‘La cosa más importante del mundo’ en 2 minutos. He aquí la clave. Dejate inspirar y disfrutalo.” Thanks to Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual (FRI) for posting it. Update: The video is now
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For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Alan M. Dershowitz, “Shouting ‘Fire!’”, The Atlantic (1989). Robert Heilbroner, “What Is Socialism?”, Dissent Magazine (1978). Niccolò Machiavelli, “On Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared,” The Prince (1513). Ayn Rand, “Philosophy: Who Needs It” (1974).
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[My annual re-posting for this season’s festivities.] We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has generated an astonishing variety of interpretations, and as with most rich tales the interpretations often tell us as much about the interpreter as the original story. The legend of Robin Hood
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My discussion with Glenn Beck ranged over capitalism and socialism, the ethics needed for a free society, Greek virtues, intolerance and indoctrination in education, Ayn Rand’s egoism and her view of charity, whether a meaningful life requires transcending failure, the differences between Antifa and Nazi Brownshirts, whether the National Socialist really were socialist, postmodernism, whether
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I’m in Gdańsk, Poland, this week for an interview at the excellent Museum of the Second World War, in connection with a documentary they are producing. The museum’s director, Dr. Karol Nawrocki, and I will discuss the following questions: 1) Why did Nazism stem from Germany and not from any other country? And why did
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