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August 2, 2022
Liberal Education? What is it and what is it good for? | Stephen Hicks and Marsha Enright discuss [In Case You Missed It]
A conversation between Stephen Hicks (Rockford University) and Marsha Enright (Reliance College) on the nature and the value of a liberal education. Enright is an international educational entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. Trained in biology and psychology, she has published research articles on psychology, neuropsychology, creativity and optimal experience, literature, history, politics and philosophy. RELATED: Professor …
July 31, 2022
Easy Eddie and Butch O’Hare
Two strong stories. Read to the end for the kicker. Story One: Years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone was notorious for enmeshing the Windy City in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed “Easy Eddie.” Eddie was very good — his skill at legal maneuvering kept Big …
Are the Culture Wars the new Cold War?
My answers to the question: No, No, and Yes. 10-minute talk at the Forum da Liberdade in Brazil, April 2022. My co-discussants were The Spectator‘s Melissa Chen and political science professor João Pereira Coutinho. Excerpts from my remarks start at the 6-minute mark in this video: Related: My talk on the roots of the culture …
July 30, 2022
Education as *bildung* — time for a rejuvenation
Consider these two contrasting principles of education: Bildung is experiencing and acting in the world freely and in personal way through a process of self-education without formal schooling. Typical schooling: acting in a controlled and impersonal environment in a directed-by-others process. Bildung was developed most in 19th-century Germany, most significantly by Wilhelm von Humboldt. It …
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July 29, 2022
Woodrow Wilson’s 1917 “Ministry of Information”
At Smithsonian Magazine, an eye-opening piece on government-propaganda history. And as government’s acquired powers and bureaucracies tend to persist and grow, the precedent set by Wilson is still with us. Writes professor of journalism Christopher Daly: “The full bundle of techniques pioneered by Wilson during the Great War were updated and used by later presidents …
July 28, 2022
Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español coming soon
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 …
July 27, 2022
El Liberalismo Aumenta la Individualidad y la Creatividad [*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 4: El Liberalismo aumenta la individualidad …
July 25, 2022
TODAY: July Book Club: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.
With the participation of Stephen Hicks The Atlas Society Book Club will have Stephen Hicks in the hot seat TODAY 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET to discuss all things Postmodernism and his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. In Explaining Postmodernism, Hicks provides fresh insights into the debates underlying the furor over political correctness, …
July 20, 2022
La Gente Trabaja Más Inteligentemente Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [*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 3: La gente trabaja más inteligentemente …
La Gente Trabaja Más Inteligentemente Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal *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 3: La gente trabaja más inteligentemente …
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