Taking on my Critics | Defending Explaining Postmodernism | Open College No. 40 | Stephen Hicks

Dr. Hicks takes a look at two of his critics in this podcast:
Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy: • A Critique of Stephen ...
and
The Multiversity Project: • Explaining Stephen Hic...
He looks at six key criticisms raised by his critics:
1) The status of Kant 1:33
2) My use of labels or categorization schemes in my book 11:18
3) My discussion of premodernism, modernism, and postmodernism 19:23
4) The Nazis and Marxists against liberalism 26:29
5) The publishing history of the book 28:34
The discussion of the Multiversity team begins. 36:07
6) Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon 42:27
Helpful links:
Cato Unbound debate on Kant: www.cato-unbound.org/issues/o...
Conservatives on the Dark Ages: • Conservatives: Get ove...
Make up your own mind.
For some time, Professor Hicks has been doing a philosophical analysis podcast on a wide range of contemporary topics. It has been available on a number of other platforms. It is now being offered on KZbin as well. Its mission is to “ to explain the chaos.”
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., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
Other links:
Explaining Postmodernism audiobook: • Explaining Postmoderni...
Nietzsche and the Nazis audiobook: • Nietzsche and the Nazi...
Playlists:
Education Theory: • Education Theory
Entrepreneurship and Values: • Entrepreneurship and V...
Nietzsche: • Nietzsche

[@BrianelSuperMacho]

I’ve been waiting like three years for this! Glad you made it.

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Thank you, Professor.

[@arguewithmepodcast]

This is a long time coming. Can't wait to listen!

[@Hope20249]

Thank you Professor Hicks.

[@GrimrDirge]

I take issue with the way you say issue.

[@johnbrown4568]

Dr. Hicks thank you for directly responding to these critics.

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[@alirezaone]

I’m learning a lot from your videos, books and writings, Dr, Hicks! Thank you very much for sharing with us your wisdom and knowledge, which is accumulated through years of precise hard work.

[@edwardhenderson7273]

Loved the book. Helped me understand the leftist progressives and democrats.

[@morganfreeman8355]

I am going to purchase a copy of your book

[@asozialesnetzwerk]

Um... I do not like Mackinnon's account of pornography still this argument why it supposedly makes her "postmodern" isn't convincing. She's articulating a consistent radical feminist point of view. Just because she accepts gender is a social construct and is one of those radfems who isn't a TERF doesn't make her a postmodern.

[@asozialesnetzwerk]

And btw. she was and probably still is (not as familiar with her more recent work) a gender abolitionist!

[@plekkchand]

WHy doesn't it?

[@asozialesnetzwerk]

@@plekkchand What is money? I think it's pretty clear that money is a social construct in a sense. I'm not sure but most people would probably agree. Doesn't make you a post modernist if you do. Also all feminist will agree that at least some gender differences are acquired instead of internal. But not all feminism is postmodern just because they accept the mere existence of social constructs.

[@StephenHicksPhilosopher]

It's not only that she (a) accepts the social-construct thesis, but also the postmodern (b) language-and-imagery-as-determining-psychology thesis, and (c) fundamental adversarialism. On those three important issues, she's neither pre-modern nor modern. Also true that she is not postmodern on some other issues.

[@asozialesnetzwerk]

@@StephenHicksPhilosopher What's fundamental adversarialism supposed to mean? I've never come across this term before...

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