The Ghost Map — Steven Johnson presentation
Steven Johnson’s TED talk on the outbreak and John Snow’s wonderful persistence in discovering the cause of cholera.
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Philosophy
Education during the dictatorship of the proletariat
Stephen Hicks discusses Marxism’s view of education during the dictatorship of the proletariat, i.e., during the transition from capitalism to socialism. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: Marxist teachers in a capitalist system. Next: Education under socialism. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full
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Education under socialism
In the final section of Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course, Professor Hicks discusses the Marxist view of education under socialism. Clips 1-2: Previous: Education during the dictatorship of the proletariat. Next: [Part 14: Postmodernism] Postmodern philosophy: Introduction. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of
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The book version of Nietzsche and the Nazis
… is forthcoming in August and is now available for pre-order at Amazon. It will be published in both hardcover and Kindle formats. The image is a gray-scale version of the cover. The book version is based on the script of the 2006 documentary and is now complete with footnotes, index, bibliography, appendices, and other
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Revolution, not evolution
Stephen Hicks discusses Marxism’s imperative of revolution and its rejection of evolutionary political change. From Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: The socialism in “scientific socialism”–Capitalism’s dynamic: “The rich get richer …” Next: Religion as the opium of the masses. Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full
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Religion as the opium of the masses
Stephen Hicks discusses Marx’s claim that religion is the opium of the masses. This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-3: Previous: Revolution, not evolution. Next: The role of teachers in developing revolutionaries. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the StephenHicks.org main page.
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America’s weird political lexicon
I’ve been browsing Anne Heller’s biography of Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand and the World She Made came out last year, and I am late to the discussion. I was stuck by this line about the New York City that Rand lived in while she was writing Atlas Shrugged. Heller writes: “New York was such a
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Marxism on capitalism’s dynamic: “The rich get richer …”
Stephen Hicks discusses socialism’s view of capitalism as the “rich get richer.” This is from Part 13 of his Philosophy of Education course. 1 Clip: Previous: The socialism in “scientific socialism”–Necessary economic developmental stages.Next: Revolution, not evolution.Return to the Philosophy of Education page or the full lecture series on Philosophy of Education at YouTube via
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