4 years ago

RAISING THE BAR #22 | Stephen Hicks | Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
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In this episode, we talk to author Stephen Hicks about his book: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, and we chart the historical and philosophical path from the Medieval Pre-Modernist period, through the Modernist and Enlightenment period to the Postmodernist era and its current woke incarnation in today's society.

Stephen's website: http://www.stephenhicks.org
New book (coming soon): Liberalism: Pro and Con

1:17 - Was there a difficultly writing Explaining Postmodernism from an objective point of view?
4:23 - The 3 different philosophical stages - Pre-Modernism, Modernism and Postmodernism
12:00 - What does Post-Modernism really mean?
13:05 - When you talk about Postmodernists in the book are you referring to the core philosophers or the people that apply it such as activists?
15:22 - Do these PM activists offer anything constructive or do they just focus on skepticism?
19:09 - What's the link between Postmodernism and Feminism?
27:07 - Are Female Porn Stars Demonstrating their Agency or are they Systemically Forced into it?
29:22 - The Linguistic Sleight of Hand tricks used such as Conflating "Dominating" with "Pre-dominating"
32:00 - Does Postmodernism completely reject Natural Law and Biology?
38:05 - What's the End Game for Postmodernism and what Comes After?
47:14 - The Marketplace for Ideas will Naturally Shape the New Paradigms
47:55 - Did the Modernists; Bacon, Descartes and Locke have their ideas grounded in the Supernatural?
51:50 - Did the Medieval Philosophers not value Reason then?
53:40 - So did Aristotle put Reason Secondary to the Supernatural?
55:44 - What about Aquinas?
57:34 - Philosophical Ideas have to slowly transition