“Our four figures, by contrast, voiced themes of strong collectivism in ethics and politics with calls for individuals to sacrifice for society,… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Collectivism Copy Share Image
“From the postmodern anti-realist metaphysics and anti-reason epistemology, the postmodern social consequences follow almost directly. Once we set aside reality and reason,… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Modernism Copy Share Image
“Ironically, then, by the 1930s large segments of the radical Left had come to agree with what national socialists and fascists had… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Capitalism Copy Share Image
“The dominance of subjectivist and relativistic epistemologies in academic philosophy thus provided the academic Left with a new tactic. Confronted by harsh… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Philosophy Copy Share Image
“The empirical evidence has been much harder on socialism. Economically, in practice the capitalist nations are increasingly productive and prosperous, with no… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Capitalism Copy Share Image
“That is my second hypothesis: Postmodernism is a response to the crisis of faith of the academic far Left. Its epistemology justifies… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Faith Copy Share Image
“Nasty political correctness as a tactic then makes perfect sense. Having rejected reason, we will not expect ourselves or others to behave… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Conflict resolution Copy Share Image
“According to Herder, one cannot make such judgments. Judgments of good and bad are defined culturally and internally, in terms of each… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Dreams Copy Share Image
“Socialists have generally been willing to grant that possibly, just possibly, capitalist economic production would outstrip socialist production. But no socialist has… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Capitalism Copy Share Image
“Consider three more examples, this time of clashes between postmodernist theory and historical fact. Postmodernists say that the West is deeply racist,… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
“As it became impossible to believe in the morality of the Soviet Union, a shrinking contingent of true believers shifted their devotions,… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Religion Copy Share Image
“In American law, there is the Constitution and the whole body of common law precedent, and very little of that supports socialism.… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
“Deconstruction as an educational strategy Here is an example. Kate Ellis is a radical gender feminist. Ellis, as she writes in… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Affirmative action Copy Share Image