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June 9, 2023
El Capitalismo Liberal es insostenible. [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 12: El Capitalismo Liberal …
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June 7, 2023
Mussolini and Kant on war and the sacrifice of individuals
In his 1932 The Doctrine of Fascism, Benito Mussolini quotes approvingly historian Ernst Renan for his “pre-fascist intuitions”: “The maxim that society exists only for the well-being and freedom of the individuals composing it does not seem to be in conformity with nature’s plans, which care only for the species and seem ready to sacrifice …
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June 5, 2023
Foucault on the racism in socialism
Michel Foucault in 1976: “In addition to the State racism that developed in the conditions I have been telling you about, a social-racism also came into being, and it did not wait for the formation of socialist States before making its appearance. Socialism was a racism from the outset, even in the nineteenth century. No …
June 4, 2023
The French Revolution and the ending of slavery
When did slavery end? Intellectual historian Zeev Sternhell makes the following observation: “But it is above all the French Revolution that is overlooked. Slavery was in fact abolished by the French Revolution. The slaves, like the Jews, were liberated, and for the first time in history, all men living within the frontiers of a single …
June 3, 2023
Heidegger’s dark politics and philosophy: book recommendations
In the below documentary, a number of Heidegger scholars discuss his philosophy and its relationship to his National Socialism. For follow-up scholarship on the philosophy-politics connections, Faye (https://www.amazon.com/Heidegger-Intr...) and Philipse (https://www.amazon.com/Heideggers-Phi...) are very good, in my judgment. Related: Heidegger on metaphysics, in the Philosophers, Explained series.
May 31, 2023
“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden” by Masaccio, 1425 [Newberry on Great Art series]
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series …
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May 30, 2023
God Ton podcast on the roots of the culture wars, with Hanif Bali and Per Lindgren
Recorded in Sweden, this interview (in English) with hosts Hanif Bali and Per Lindgren asks: What intellectual and historical sources led to the Culture Wars? The Patreon link for those who would like to sign up to their show: The book in English (audio, text) and in Swedish. Related:
May 29, 2023
Hermann Hesse house in Montagnola
At the Hermann Hesse Museum in the south of Switzerland, where Hesse moved in 1919. Charming Medieval and Renaissance Italian-style neighborhood high in the hills overlooking the valley that overlooks Lugano. Here he wrote Siddhartha (1922), Steppenwolf (1927), The Glass Bead Game (1943). I have a future episode on Siddhartha coming out in the Philosophers. …
May 28, 2023
Rockford, Illinois and the free society (Friedman, Tullock, Coase)
Milton Friedman (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1976) received an honorary doctorate from Rockford College and was our commencement speaker in 1969. Gordon Tullock (co-founder of Public Choice economics with James Buchanan, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1986) was a native of Rockford. And I was charmed to find this bookplate in the Rockford University library’s copy …
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May 27, 2023
“Fascism–Borderless and Red” | Alexander Dugin | *Philosophers, Explained* series by Stephen Hicks
Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. About the Professor: Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in …
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