Via Ryerson’s Centre for Free Expression: “Something very wrong has happened at the University of Alberta. A professor has been fired from part of her academic job for views on sex and gender that break with current orthodoxy. “In late March, Kathleen Lowrey … was asked to resign … on the basis that one or […]
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A long form conversation with host Daxton Page. Topics: The lesson of the high-school group project. The Nazis and Nietzsche. Freud, Marx, and the Critical Theory of Marcuse. Kant and postmodernism. Was Kant an Enlightenment thinker? The importance of Rousseau. Individualism and Collectivism. My current book project. Is philosophy practical?
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Brief, thoughtful post: “police union privileges are only one part of a system and reform requires system-thinking. Nevertheless, getting rid of these special privileges, including so-called qualified immunity and restoring the equal rule of law are good places to start. Need I also mention that police should not keep fines and forfeitures …” Source: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/police-union-privileges-revisited.html.
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England’s Chris Williamson hosted me on his podcast series. We had fun. #171 – Stephen Hicks – Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies Modern Wisdom: Society & Culture Listen on Apple Podcasts Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author. Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don’t really
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Looking forward to a lively discussion. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/271644190701431/. Coincidentally, a new translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis into Polish has just come out. And the Polish edition of Explaining Postmodernism is also out there.
Wednesday livestream with Laissez Talks, Poland Read More »
A quick announcement, with more information forthcoming: two livestream talks and a Q&A at thinkspot over three Saturdays. (The image is for my “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand”: Audio version in [mp3] or at [YouTube] [101 minutes]. The original print essay [pdf] published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.
Nietzsche versus Rand on altruism and egoism — June livestreams at thinkspot Read More »
Introductions by Dr. Karol Nawroki and Dr. Marek Szymaniak, and a summary by Dr. Piotr Kostylo. Translated by Izabela Kłodzińska. Published by the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk, Poland. Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for claiming that “God is dead” — and for the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis claimed Nietzsche as
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My two-minute response to a question about Jordan Peterson, on his intellectual significance.
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