There’s a logic to the trendline of postmodern art
Related: “From Modern to Postmodern Art and Beyond: Why Art became Ugly.” Foundation for the Advancement of art lecture.
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Postmodernism and Covid-19 parallel and contrast
Destructive body virus unleashed upon the world: Covid 2020.Destructive mind virus unleashed upon the world: Pomo 1960. Simultaneously, each denies/destroys the other: Pomo rejects the objectivity of biological cause-and-effect claims, and Covid-19 encourages those who wish to live to re-think their pomo skepticism.
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Ebenezer Scrooge’s Hero’s Journey
By Stephen R. C. Hicks The many Scrooges // Robin Hood analogy // Scrooge as villain of Socialism // as anti-Christian // as Savvy Investor // as Environmentalist // as Malthusian // as anti-Commercialization // Scrooge’s Aristotelian hero’s journey We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
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¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? [[Why Philosophy Begins with Thales]
¿Por qué la filosofía comienza con Thales? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/. Original English version: “Why Philosophy Begins with Thales.”
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What Is Capitalism? | Philosophy for Real Life (14 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy
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Is Capitalism Good or Bad for the Environment? [Session 6 of “The Capitalism Course” by Dr. Stephen Hicks]
Tonight, the final live session of The Capitalism Course, live session: “Is Capitalism Good or Bad for the Environment?” When: Wednesday, December 22, 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Where: MyJunto. Registration is free and open. The whole course series of topics: “The Capitalism Course” To register, go to MyJunto or visit this Facebook announcement page.
Pluckrose and Lindsay on the Gospel of Social Justice — book club discussion tonight
I’ll be participating in this discussion group tonight, based on Critical Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, who’ve done us all a great favor by publishing this 2020 book. Here’s a sample summing-up of where we are now: “in Social Justice scholarship, we continually read that patriarchy, white supremacy, imperialism cisnormativity, heteronormativity, ableism,
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Dangerous Thoughts — on Critical Theory and the origins of Woke
Some sources of Wokism are psychological and some are intellectual, from groundwork laid by generations of thinkers. Carter and guest Stephen Hicks take up these questions: What is cancel culture — in contrast to liberal culture? What is the Enlightenment? Why does Rousseau matter? Was Kant’s “Copernican Revolution” part of the Enlightenment or the Counter-Enlightenment?
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