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Los Humanos No Son lo Suficientemente Inteligentes Como para Ser Libres [*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 1: El capitalismo liberal …

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Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks

Close readings and commentaries on the major thinkers. Follow at the CEE Video Channel:

The evolution of socialist strategies, 25 years later

I drew the first draft of this chart in 1997, when I began writing up my notes for what became Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. The flowchart is from the end of Chapter 5 and summarizes the argument developed in that chapter. Click the image to enlarge. About those question marks …

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Real Diversity: Individualism vs. “DEI & CRT

I participated in this 24-minute panel with with this excellent duo, Jason Hill and Kmele Foster, at the The Atlas Society gala in California, October 2022. How is individualism the moral and inspirational solution to the crudity of racism, against the collectivist guilt-and-resentment approaches of Critical Race Theory and DEI? Related: Ayn Rand on Individual …

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Resumen y Transición: argumentos a favor [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]

Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este es el resumen de todos los argumentos a favor del capitalismo liberal. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos y el resumen de la primera parte en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Resumen y Transición: El liberalismo es el mejor sistema porque permite, fomenta y/o logra …

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The Apocalypse types

Question: Are the apocalypse-types driven by the specific *issues*, or is there a background *psychology* driving them and the issues are secondary?

“Doryphoros” by Polykleitos, c. 450-440 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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Was Nietzsche individualist? Mass sacrifice version

Nietzsche has a reputation for being an individualist. But note this call for mass sacrifice—from his Genealogy of Morals: “mankind in the mass sacrificed to the prosperity of a single stronger species of man — that would be an advance.” (GM II:12) Nietzsche’s sometimes-yes-sometimes-not individualism is complicated. For more, check out my “Egoism in Nietzsche …

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Urdu translation book cover [Pakistan/India edition of Explaining Postmodernism]

I’ve learned that in Urdu my name is: اسٹیون آر سی ہِ کس. Professor Nazir Azad’s translation into Urdu of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault will be published this month, October 2022. Urdu is the first or second language of 230 million people in Pakistan and India. Information about other …

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Is Foucault a “Neo-Marxist”? Methodology datum

In an interview, Foucault responds to a question about Marxist methodology in his writing: “[Interviewer] G.R.  But does this reference in The Archaeology of Knowledge mean that, in a certain way, Marx is at work in your own methodology? “FOUCAULT  Yes, absolutely.” (Source: Foucault, Michel. Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings 1977-1984, New York: …

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