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January 11, 2023
TODAY: “The Influence Postmodernism Has Had on Modern Culture”
Stephen Hicks on “The Todd Feinburg Show”
January 8, 2023
What happened to English Literature departments?
Literature should be a source of wonder, insight, delight, and sublime experience. And yet … the profession is sickly, jaded—and for a generation has repelled aspiring writers, teachers, and scholars. A diagnosis from “When Nothing Is Cool,” by Lisa Ruddick (thanks to Michael Strong for the recommendation). Ruddick quotes writing coach Gina Hiatt on clients …
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Next three in *Philosophers, Explained*: Plato, Rousseau, Sartre
The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be: 23 Plato on idealism and compulsion: “The Allegory of the Cave.” The Republic. 24 Jean-Jacques Rousseau on educating children properly: From Émile. 25 Jean-Paul Sartre on Existentialism versus Catholicism and Marxism. “Existentialism is a Humanism.” 1 Immanuel Kant on the limits …
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January 7, 2023
January 6, 2023
Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel Kant |*Philosophers, Explained* by Professor Stephen Hicks
Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. 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 England, and Jagiellonian …
January 5, 2023
Why did Portugal become a great exploring nation?
Reprising these reflections from reading Eric Axelson’s Congo to Cape: Early Portuguese Explorers. Always an interesting question to ask how great ventures begin: Why did they start when and where they did? Why were they initiated by those individuals or groups and not others? The circumnavigation of Africa was a great achievement over many decades. …
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Canada’s gov’t to foreign home buyers: “Keep out!”
Anti-Liberals in Canada are now controlling home purchases: Foreigners not allowed. Their hope is that this will force demand and thereby prices down. Dwell on that for a moment. The Canadian government is telling Canadian home owners: We want to make your homes less valuable. Or this: Suppose that 1,000 foreigners want to buy million-dollar …
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Next Week: Giroux & Postmodernism [Education’s Villains & Heroes course]
On January 11th we will have the eighth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”, when we will discuss postmodernist Giroux’s view on education. * Reading to prepare for this session: excerpt from Border Pedagogy as Postmodern Resistance (1991). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas …
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January 4, 2023
TODAY: “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” with Stephen Hicks and David Kelley
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D. Wednesday, January 4 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo will answer YOUR most pressing philosophical questions. Not yet on Clubhouse? RSVP for the event HERE.
Next Week: Giroux & Postmodernism [Education’s Villains & Heroes course]
This January 11th we will have our eighth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”, where we will discuss Giroux’s view on Postmodernism * Reading to prepare for this session: excerpt from Border Pedagogy as Postmodern Resistance (1991). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. …
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