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January 27, 2022
Philosophers Rasmussen and Den Uyl in conversation with Kolhatkar
A good, careful discussion of their work. Professors Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas Den Uyl are joint authors of many works, including The Realist Turn, Norms of Liberty, and The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand.
January 26, 2022
New book out on Jordan Peterson’s ideas
Philosopher Sandra Woien, Ph.D., of Arizona State University edited this collection of essays by a wide range of scholars on Jordan B. Peterson’s ideas. I contributed a chapter explaining and critiquing Dr. Peterson’s pragmatism in religion. From the book’s description page: “The Canadian psychology professor Jordan Peterson burst into public awareness when he opposed the …
3 million views of *Nietzsche and the Nazis*
We’re celebrating this milestone reached today: The original documentary was produced in 2006 and had success with Netflix. The print book came out in 2010, followed by several translations. This audiobook edition was produced in 2013. We were thrilled when it hit one million views, so this is off the charts. (And for a philosophy …
What is postmodernism? | Philosophy for Real Life (18 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. “Postmodernism” is a big, sprawling concept and movement — what does it mean? 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 …
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January 25, 2022
On inflation, gender and free speech, and pig-heart transplants (Hicks and Salsman on Current Events)
Dr. Richard Salsman and I discuss three philosophically charged current issues. I approve of this meme.
On 1930s American intellectuals — quotation
From MIT professor Leo Marx, who was a student at Harvard University in the 1930s. In those years many students were drawn to the Left. As an undergraduate I was active in the Harvard branch of the left-wing American Student Union and the editor of its magazine, the Harvard Progressive. For a year or so …
January 24, 2022
Explaining the cultural and electoral success of the National Socialists
Happy that this interview has topped 100,000 views. Related: Nietzsche and the Nazis, which is now closing in on 3 million views.
January 23, 2022
Stalin on fascism
How accurate is this claim of Joseph Stalin’s? It is from 1924, still early in the Soviet Union’s dictatorship-of-the-proletariat stage of communism. Lenin had died in January, and this Stalin speech was published in September: Fascism is the bourgeoisie’s fighting organisation that relies on the active support of Social-Democracy. Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing …
January 22, 2022
Speaking in Brazil, April 2022
I’m happy to be invited to speak in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on freedom of expression. The Fórum da Liberdade typically has 5,000 in-person attendees and 250,000 online around the world. Here’s the event website: https://www.forumdaliberdade.com.br/ I will also be in São Paulo working with my publisher to promote the Brazilian Portuguese edition of my Explaining …
January 21, 2022
Dictatorship of the Woketariat example
I’ve been reading this stuff for years, but it can still make me agog and aghast sometimes. The chart has the usual slippery contrasts combined with racist epistemologies: Your color group defines your thinking and feeling, and groups’ values differ (though one of those color groups is also wrong and bad). The effect is to …
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