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April 7, 2022

Today: “Free Expression—versus Postmodernism.” Talk in São Paulo, Brazil

Liberdade de Expressão e Pós-Modernismo. I will be speaking in English at this co-sponsored, public event.
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Published on April 07, 2022 06:00

April 6, 2022

TODAY: Stephen Hicks: Ask Me Anything about Ethics

Join us on this “Ask Me Anything about Ethics” event. Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, April 6 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” event where Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on ethics and questions from our 63K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse, and …

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Published on April 06, 2022 08:00

The Anti-Capitalism Course: “Next Generation Socialism?” Next week.

With Stephen Hicks, Ph.D The fourth session of The Anti-Capitalism Course will be “Next Generation Socialism?” Link to register for the session at Kazm. Reading in preparation for the session: Robert Heilbroner, “Socialism” (1993). And for the ambitious, Heilbroner’s earlier “What Is Socialism?”, Dissent Magazine (1978).  You can also check out the first three sessions at Kazm.
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Published on April 06, 2022 06:30

April 5, 2022

“The Nazis were Socialist” — really?

From 2006, an eight-minute documentary clip with my answer. Topics covered: (1) National Socialist philosophy, (2) the Nazi Party’s original 25-point platform — collectivism, economic socialism, nationalism, authoritarianism — (3) negotiations to merge with the German Socialist Party, (4) Hitler and Goebbels speeches on socialism, and (5) the symbolism of the swastika. From 2006, an …

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Published on April 05, 2022 09:01

April 4, 2022

Brazil: Fórum da Liberdade: Voçê é Livre para Discordar?

My talk on the theme: Are the Culture Wars the new Cold War? Inscrição (link to site).
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Published on April 04, 2022 14:00

Mis artículos en español (My articles in Spanish): “¿Por Qué Los Posmodernos Entrenan—No Educan—Activistas?”

¿Por Qué Los Posmodernos Entrenan—No Educan—Activistas? Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. He aquí por qué adoctrinar a los niños tiene mucho sentido para los posmodernistas. Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde, 2019. PDF English: “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists,” James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, March 2019. Audio version. Portuguese Translation.
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Published on April 04, 2022 07:10

April 3, 2022

Six Education Philosophies so far

Each a full-lecture explanation of the philosophy in general and its applications to curriculum, selection of teachers, methods of instruction, assessment, and school design. The six are: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Behaviorism, Existentialism, and Objectivism. Two more forthcoming: Marxism, Postmodernism. Related: The full course.
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Published on April 03, 2022 14:37

April 2, 2022

“Democracy and Freedom — Compatible?” talk upcoming at Conferēncia Atlantos, Brazil

I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on April 10.
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Published on April 02, 2022 14:00

April 1, 2022

Scholarship on Jordan Peterson’s ideas

Sandra Woien, Ph.D., a philosopher at Arizona State University, has put together this fine volume of eighteen essays on Peterson’s thinking. Michael Shellenberger wrote the foreword. I have an essay in the book on Peterson’s pragmatic approach to religion. Here is the Table of Contents: Part I The Culture Warrior 1 1. Jordan Peterson, Secular …

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Published on April 01, 2022 14:42

March 31, 2022

3-minute animation: Nietzsche’s Masters and Slaves

In collaboration with Sprouts Schools, I welcome you to view this excerpt: The script was excerpted from my book Nietzsche and the Nazis. The audiobook edition has a gratifying 3.7 millions listens so far. Check out all three video-animations at the Sprouts Schools channel, which together have over 500,00 views at YouTube so far: Part …

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Published on March 31, 2022 15:40

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