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“Kroisos,” 540-515 BCE [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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Update on the free edition of Explaining Postmodernism

Mostly with students in mind — who often have limited budgets — we produced this free online edition of Explaining Postmodernism. I’m happy to see that it has passed the 200,000 views mark. Related: My *Philosophers, Explained* series, launched in late 2022:

Philosophy’s contributions to Identity Politics — 4-minute clip from Australia

Stephen Hicks, Professor of Philosophy (USA) and John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister (Australia) discuss three philosophies that feed into Identity Politics. Excerpted from this full-hour interview. Related:

On human worth (Booker T. Washington)

Booker T. Washington: “From any point of view, I had rather be what I am, a member of the Negro race, than be able to claim membership with the most favoured of any other race. I have always been made sad when I have heard members of any race claiming rights and privileges, or certain …

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Hegel on worshipping the state

[This excerpt is from Chapter 4 of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault] Hegel on worshipping the state While a student at Tübingen, Hegel’s favorite reading had been Rousseau. “The principle of freedom dawned on the world in Rousseau, and gave infinite strength to man.”[88] As discussed in Chapter Two, Hegel was …

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“From Postmodernism to the Four Wokes”: Stephen Hicks talk in Sweden (February 23)

The Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit is a private foundation with the primary purpose of promoting scientific and scholarly research. Professor Hicks will give a short talk on “From Postmodernism to the Four Wokes” at the foundation’s World Heritage site at Engelsbergs. The conference program is here.

In case you missed it: “Do Free Societies Need Postmodernism?” A Debate

Don’t miss this debate that featured Stephen Hicks, and author Thaddeus Russell. Soho Forum director Gene Epstein moderated. Related:

The Story of Arachne and Athena | Greek Mythology | *Philosophers, Explained* by Professor Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers the great philosophical classics. In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses the philosophical issues—the source of creativity, truth, power, morality and justice—involved in this classic myth about the origin of spiders. Other episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting …

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Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español

My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and …

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El Individualismo del Capitalismo Liberal es Atomista [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 4: El individualismo del …

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