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Jun 2020
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Dr Stephen Hicks - Cultural Marxism, Col...

Lucas Skrobot
About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Hicks (@SRCHicks) and I continue our conversation about the fruits of radical Marxism.

He elaborates on the danger of prioritizing the collective over the individual and explains the process through which individuals adopt their worldviews.

Dr. Stephen Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, the executive director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and a senior scholar for The Atlas Society.

I discuss his book, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, to conclude this episode. Thanks for listening. Go out and own the future.

What to listen for:

  • How did colonialism impact countries like Zimbabwe or Botswana? 02:27
  • In what ways does Marxism appear in contemporary activists’ appeals? How do people adopt their worldviews? 5:28
  • Is there a difference between Marxism and Socialism? 12:28
  • Is there harm in prioritizing the collective? 12:56
  • Where might racist rhetoric lead us? 23:22
  • Discussion of Dr. Stephen Hicks’s book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault 28:22

 

Reference materials:

For more content by Dr. Stephen Hicks

Open College Podcast—Free Speech; Why The Philosophy Matters

Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault

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