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February 5, 2022
Was Goebbels a Socialist?
Joseph Goebbels, Ph.D., was Reich Minister of Propaganda for the National Socialist government from 1933 to 1945 and, after Hitler, the second or third most powerful man in Germany. “According to the idea of the NSDAP [Nazi party], we are the German left. Nothing is more hateful to us than the right-wing national ownership block.” …
Education Theory 8: Realism, Aristotle, and Locke
15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Eight: Realism and Education. What did the great Realist philosophers believe and how they apply it to education? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? Part Two: Reality: Metaphysics and Education. The Creation …
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February 4, 2022
Stephen Hicks: The Anti-Capitalism Course: “Fascism vs Capitalism” (February 9th)
Session 2 The second session of The Anti-Capitalism Course will be “Fascism versus Capitalism.” The reading for this session is Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini’s The Doctrine of Fascism. Gentile, a well-known professor at several Italian universities, co-authored this influential work with Mussolini. Link to register for the session at Kazm. You can also check out the …
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February 3, 2022
Why did art become ugly? | Philosophy for Real Life (19 of 22) | Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Art is about the full range of human experience, but Modernist and Postmodernist art emphasize the meaningless and the offensive. Why? Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in …
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Wisconsin Forum — public lecture coming up
On February 17, I’ll be speaking in Milwaukee. I’m honored to be part of Wisconsin Forum’s line-up for the 2021-2022 season. My question will be: The economic, political, and historical evidence for the superiority of free societies is substantial — yet so many are suspicious or outright hostile, and often authoritarian policies prevail over genuinely …
Hurston on race pride
Exactly right: My other favorite line from Hurston is this one: “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” (Source: Zora Neale Hurston, “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” 1928).
February 2, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg’s opinion — quick liberal response
“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg said that the Holocaust was “not about race” but about “man’s inhumanity to other man” and that it involved “two white groups of people.” ABC News responded by suspending her for two weeks. As cancellations go, that is mild — yet it still is a cancel-culture reaction. A healthier liberal …
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Ask Me Anything — Ethics (TODAY)
Join as at Clubhouse for an “Ask Me Anything — Ethics” event, were I will be answering questions about ethics and philosophy. Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, February 2 @ 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 …
February 1, 2022
Anecdote: open racism in hiring in higher ed
I received this email on February 1, 2022:Hi Prof. Hicks, I saw your Facebook post about Jordan Peterson’s resignation and noticed XX’s comment. While I’m uncomfortable speaking up publicly about it for fear of retaliation against me from my faculty peers, I did want to note that I recently had a chair of a search …
Contrasting the 1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement to now
The Berkeley Free Speech Movement, was a student-led initiative to increase and enhance the free-speech rights of students. Long-time political activist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Albert Lepawsky, said this: “The main task we face is preserving the university not merely as a free political community but primarily as an institution that is privileged …
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