Two minutes: Related: “Bertrand Russell’s pacifism in the face of Nazism.” “Why did Bertrand Russell blame German fascism on German philosophy?”
Bertrand Russell’s impression of Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Read More »
Mark your calendars if you will be in the Manhattan area on July 15, 2019. I’ll be debating Thaddeus Russell on this topic: Postmodernism is necessary for a politics of individual liberty. I’ll be arguing the negative. More info and early-bird tickets available at Eventbrite. Thanks very much to the Soho Forum’s Gene Epstein for
Announcement: Soho Forum debate in New York, July 2019 Read More »
Here is an eleven-minute audio excerpt with subtitles in Spanish — on how Friedrich Nietzsche’s analysis of ressentiment psychology now applies to segments of the postmodern left. The 1998 lecture at a TAS conference at the University of Colorado, Boulder, fed into my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. And here is
The Slave Morality of the Left — Nietzsche’s prescience Read More »
The group (Greg Wilson, Rachel Fulton Brown, Micah Sample, Lewis Sloter, and Barry Jacobs) invited me to discuss themes out of my Explaining Postmodernism. The nearly two-hour conversation is at YouTube and embedded below. Our topics of discussion ranged over: Kant * whether “the Enlightenment,” “Renaissance,” “Postmodernism,” and other broad labels are legitimate * the
Published: Three Kraters Symposium video Read More »
Part of my extended conversation with Glenn Beck appeared on his television show on Tuesday, December 4. The nine-minute excerpt can be viewed at this link. The full conversation will be published soon, I understand.
Excerpt of Glenn Beck conversation: Socialism and Capitalism? Read More »
In March I will be in Australia for my Adventures in Postmodernism tour, sponsored by True Arrow Events, based in Melbourne. I’ll be touring four cities, giving lectures in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane. Additionally, in Sydney and Melbourne I will be conducting full-day Master Classes for those interested in a deep dive into Enlightenment-versus-postmodern theory and
“Adventures in Postmodernism” tour — Australia Read More »
The Intellectual Dark Web has published Chapter 1 of my Explaining Postmodernism in podcast form. The full audiobook version is available at Audible.
Intellectual Dark Web podcast: Ch. 1 of *Explaining Postmodernism* Read More »
Here’s the edited video of the November 21, 2018 debate in Argentina. The debaters’ back-and-forth was at times intense, and the audience was sometimes rambunctious — but the moderator, Professor Ivan Carrino, did a very good job of keeping us on track and on time. After introductions by Eduardo Marty, initial voting directed by María
Debate video: Morality of Capitalism vs. Socialism (Buenos Aires) Read More »