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“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.

Stephen Hicks: Ask Me Anything about Ethics

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 in which Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on ethics and questions from our 63K Instagram followers. Bring your most interesting questions! Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested? Use this link HERE to get …

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

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.

Alexander Dugin is a straight-up Fascist

Alexander Dugin is the most well-known philosopher in Russia. New to my Texts in Philosophy page, for use in my courses, is this translation of Dugin’s 1997 article “Fascism—Borderless and Red”. His influence upon Vladimir Putin and Putin’s inner circle is real but its degree is debated by experts on current Russian politics. Dugin was …

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Hicks on First-Generation Postmodernism [In Case You Missed It]

Postmodernism Part 1 by Stephen Hicks. This is the original 1998 lecture that led to the now-classic Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. Professor Hicks argues that first-generation postmodernism is best understood as a rhetorical strategy of intellectuals and academics on the far-Left of the political spectrum to the failure of socialism. …

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Mis artículos en español (My articles in Spanish): “La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo”

“La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo.” Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Traducido al Español por Fermin Elizalde. English version (The Spectator), Portuguese translation, and audio version.

Education Theory 12: Objectivism, Rand, and Montessori

15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Twelve: Objectivism and Education. How does Objectivist philosophy, and Ayn Rand’s thinking in particular, apply to education, and how consistent is it with Maria Montessori’s principles? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? …

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Lyotard on Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship as the fault of capitalism [Pope Lecture Series, Clemson University]

In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers …

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Two jokes from Russia about envy

1. Three men who died recently are brought before the throne of God and told that they may each have one wish.The Briton asks for an end to war.The American asks for an end to hunger.The Russian smiles slyly and says, “In my village, I have a neighbor who has a cow. I do not …

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Human Progress: Stephen Hicks & social scientist Marian Tupy [In Case You Missed It]

How much progress have humans made, and why is the good news so little known? CEO Jennifer Grossman in conversation with philosopher Stephen Hicks and Marian Tupy, editor of HumanProgress.org and senior policy analyst at the Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. Related: Did Coffee Give Us The Enlightenment? (Open College).