Jordan Peterson and Stephen Hicks discuss Postmodernism
The two professors discuss Postmodernism in depth.
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Philosophy
New printing of *Explaining Postmodernism* — the fifteenth
A new printing of the expanded edition was published this month in a snazzy hardcover. Its theme: “The failure of epistemology made postmodernism possible. The failure of socialism made postmodernism necessary.” This is the fifteenth printing since its first publication in 2004. Samples from the scholarly reviewers of the first edition: “By the end of Explaining
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Charlottesville, Third- and Fourth-wave Postmodernism
Clashing protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia — far right, far left, and others. Street violence and declarations of emergency by the governing officials. How did we get to this? First, how postmodernism evolved through three phases from high theory to coercive activism: Second, other anti-liberal and anti-rational movements learn and adopt the same strategies to their
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Nancy MacLean’s postmodern rhetorical strategy
[Republished from The Foundation for Economic Education.] Nancy MacLean has written a postmodernist book, while her libertarian critics are writing modernist responses. The critics point out the free-wheeling, fact-free, and conspiracy-tinged narrative MacLean has constructed, and they argue that logically her account does not fit the reality of James Buchanan’s life and writings. All good
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Nietzsche Perfectly Forecasts the Postmodernist Left
Eleven minutes excerpted from a 1998 lecture — below or at YouTube.
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Lateral Conversations — Amarque interviews me on campus unrest and rhetoric
German philosopher Tom Amarque interviewed me about campus unrest, language and rhetoric, and the great modern versus postmodern debate. “Stephen Hicks is a Professor of Philosophy and author of the very good book Explaining Postmodernism. Logically, we talk a lot about the history, aspects, traits and problems of postmodernism. You can find other conversations with the
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SOTT Radio interview, July 2017
My four-way interview on postmodernism, its contemporary manifestations, and the relevance of abstract philosophy to practical affairs. Lead interviewer Harrison Koehli directs this hour-long conversation.
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Whose Bathroom Is It, Anyway? [Good Life series]
What happens when you mix politics, bathrooms, and sexuality? Let the joking begin. A politician walks into a transgender bar. [Fill in the blank here.] Afterwards, he tries to explain: “I really only wanted to use the bathroom.” Ha ha. But the serious business is the busybody politicians in North Carolina and Tennessee who have
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