#20 Stephen Hicks: Postmodernism, from Rousseau to the Present

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Dr. Stephen Hicks teaches at Rockford University, where he also directs the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of books like Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, and Nietzsche and the Nazis. Additionally, he has published articles and essays on a range of subjects, including entrepreneurism, free speech in academia, the history and development of modern art, Ayn Rand’s Objectivism, business ethics and the philosophy of education, including a series of YouTube lectures.
Here, we talk about the differences between modernism and postmodernism; the influences of Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx and Heidegger on postmodernism; the role the Frankfurt School played on promoting Marxist ideas; the differences between Marxism and Postmodernism; the philosophy of Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida, and Rorty; the current state of political and academic affairs and its relation to the several waves of postmodernism; and the relationship between existentialism and postmodernism.

O Dr. Stephen Hicks dá aulas na Rockford University, onde também dirige o Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. É autor de livros como Explicando o Pós-modernismo: Ceticismo e socialismo - de Rousseau a Foucault, e Nietzsche and the Nazis. Para além disso, tem artigos e ensaios publicados sobre uma panóplia de temas, incluindo empreendedorismo, liberdade de expressão na academia, a história e desenvolvimento da arte moderna, Objetivismo de Ayn Rand, business ethics e a filosofia da educação, incluindo uma série de aulas no YouTube.
Aqui, falamos sobre as diferenças entre modernismo e pós-modernismo; as influências de Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx e Heidegger no pós-modernismo; o papel da Escola de Frankfurt na promoção de ideias marxistas; as diferenças entre marxismo e pós-modernismo; a filosofia de Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida e Rorty; o atual estado político e académico e a sua relação com as diversas correntes pós-modernas; e a relação entre existencialismo e pós-modernismo.

Please, check out Dr. Hicks’ work
His Website: http://www.stephenhicks.org/
His book, Explaining Postmodernism: https://www.amazon.com/Explaining-Postmodernism-Skepticism-Socialism-Rousseau/dp/0983258406 ; Em Português: https://www.amazon.com/Explicando-P%C3%B3s-modernismo-Ceticismo-socialismo-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B00B4FCGM0/
And follow him on Twitter: @SRCHicks ; and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Stephen.R.C.Hicks