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September 4, 2022
Is Foucault a “Neo-Marxist”? Free-Marx-from-dogma datum
In an interview, Foucault explains what he wants from Marx: “What I desire—and it is here that my formulation has changed in relation to the one you cited—is not so much the defalsification and restitution of a true Marx, but the unburdening and liberation of Marx in relation to party dogma, which has constrained it, …
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September 3, 2022
Why indoctrination is key for authoritarians
Joseph Stalin put it this way when making a toast to his stable of tame Soviet writers: “The production of souls is more important than the production of tanks.” More information here. Related: To understand the source of this generation’s “Woke” indoctrinators: my Pope series lecture at Clemson University: “The Postmodern Critique of Liberal Education.”
September 2, 2022
Entrepreneurial Living: 15 Stories of Innovation, Risk, and Achievement (and One Story of Abject Failure)
Entrepreneurial Living, edited by Stephen R. C. Hicks and Jennifer Harrolle. In this volume of interviews with entrepreneurs from six countries and seven U.S. states, we explore the adventure—and the hard-headedness—of business. What makes for entrepreneurial success—and failure? To what extent is flourishing a matter of ideas, or of key decisions, or of persistent action, …
September 1, 2022
John Kenneth Galbraith as political hack
In the mid-20th century intellectual world, JKG was widely regarded as an original and insightful thinker on economics and politics. He was professor at Harvard and author of widely read books such as The Affluent Society and The New Industrial State. While I was a university student in Canada (coincidentally, Galbraith and I both graduated …
Kant & Absolute Duty [Education’s Villains and Heroes course, Sept. 14]
Our fourth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes” will be September 14th, when we will discuss Kant’s vision on absolute duty. * Reading to prepare for this session: Excerpts from On Education (1803). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. Related: Professor Hicks’s online …
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August 31, 2022
El Individualismo Liberal Aumenta la Felicidad [*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. Argumento 9: El individualismo liberal aumenta la …
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NEXT WEEK: “Ask Me Anything About Ethics” with Stephen Hicks
Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, September 7 @ 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 and questions from our 66K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested to check it out? We’ve got you covered. Use …
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August 30, 2022
The declining humanities
In colleges and universities, at least. Whether other institutions are picking up the slack and providing the humanities knowledge and experience young human beings need — I don’t have good data. Questions before forming hypotheses: * Have the other majors become more attractive to students, by offering more relevance, job prospects, a healthier and more …
European colonialism is still dominant …
… as most American intellectuals remain captive to ideas generated in France and Germany a century ago. See: Nietzsche, Marx, Freud, Heidegger, Marcuse, and Foucault.
August 29, 2022
Aspirations — how rich we are
This image and caption are wonderfully revelatory about how many options young people (especially) now have and how our expectations for our work lives have risen. The caption is sarcastic, suggesting that settling for a job in such a place is beneath one’s expectations and aspirations. Great. Yet when we look closely at the work …
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