Philosophy

Timbro to publish Swedish translation of Explaining Postmodernism

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

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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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Profiles in Liberty: Nicholas Capaldi

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In this extended interview, philosopher Nicholas Capaldi responds to a series of questions about his life and work. Capaldi is Legendre-Soulé Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Loyola University, New Orleans and co-author of The Two Narratives of Political Economy. Why did you become a philosopher? [0:17] Where did you get your education? [3:41] What

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Article published: “Friedrich Nietzsche’s politics of genius”

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Przemysław Zientkowski (Nicholas Copernicus University) and I have a co-authored article (in English) now out in the Polish journal, Ruch Filozoficzny (and available here). The full title of the article is “Friedrich Nietzsche’s Politics of Genius and Its Challenge for Liberal-Democratic Europe.” Dr. Zientkowski recently (2013) published a book on the critique of human rights

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The ancient quarrel — philosophy and poetry, Russian style

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In Book 10 of The Republic, Plato remarks that there is an “ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry” — with poets and philosophers battling for intellectual and moral superiority. It seems that some contemporary Russians have turned Plato’s inter-disciplinary war into a pair of intra-disciplinary battles. Datum 1 — poetry: “Russian ‘kills friend in argument

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