Lesson: The groundwork for this generation’s militant “antiracist-but-not-really” wokism was prepared by my generation. “My white skin disgusts me” was my introduction to Robin Morgan’s autobiographical The Demon Lover: On the Sexuality of Terrorism, published in 1989, recounting her journey through the New Left, Marxism, postmodernism, left feminism, racialism, and flirtations with revolutionary violence. The […]
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In this week of the Atlas Intellectuals course on Slavery we feature Stephen Hicks’s Open College Podcast on “The Stain of Slavery.” Topics: The decline of slavery as a moral achievement // History: slavery practiced everywhere before modernity // The internal African slave society and trades // The Atlantic trade and where the slaves went
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Comparando el desempeño económico de América del Norte y América Latina Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. ¿Cuál es la razón de las grandes diferencias en el desempeño económico entre las dos Américas? Traducido al Español por María Marty, 2016. Para este y más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ Original article in English: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2017/01/04/comparing-north-and-latin-america-economic-performance-the-good-life/
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In this week of the Atlas Intellectualls course on Slavery we cover Frederick Douglass’s “To My Old Master.” Douglass had escaped slavery and become a leader of the abolitionist movement by the time he wrote this 1848 public letter to Thomas Auld—on the anniversary of his escape. Douglass describes his experiences as a slave, his
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América Latina debe abandonar su victimismo y abrirse al mundo Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Hicks señala que una de las cosas que más lo ha sorprendido es el cinismo y victimismo de los intelectuales y de los latinoamericanos en general, y que el primer paso para resolver nuestros problemas sería asumir la responsabilidad
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In this week of the Atlas Intellectuals course on Slavery we cover the great William Wilberforce on the Abolition of Slave Trade. Wilberforce (1759-1833) was a British statesman, Anglican, and the leading force behind the 1807 abolition of the slave trade and the 1833 abolition of slavery in Great Britain. “The Slave Trade is the
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Cómo domesticar al terrorismo islámico: lecciones del pasado extremista cristiano Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Derrotar a un enemigo, como al politizado Islam, implica una batalla en varios frentes: policial, militar, diplomático, cultural y filosófico. Traducido al Español por María Marty. Para encontrar este y más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/. Original article in English.
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In this week of the Atlas Intellectuals course on Slavery we feature Stephen Hicks’s analysis of slavery’s history: Anti-Slavery in the Americas: A Primer. The first two points: Before Columbus’s Atlantic crossing, slavery had long been practiced by every major culture in the world, with the likely exception of Australia. Virtually no individuals known to
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