March 29, 2023
How Friedrich Nietzsche's Philosophy Led To The Rise Of Nazism | Stephen Hicks
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Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy has been blamed for the rise of Nazism. In this video, we explore how his ideas may have contributed to the rise of the Nazi party in a fascinating interview with professor of philosophy Stephen Hicks.
Stephen R. C. Hicks is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois, USA, Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and Senior Scholar at The Atlas Society.
* He has six books:
Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Scholargy Publishing, 2004; Expanded Edition, 2011)
Nietzsche and the Nazis (Ockham’s Razor, 2010)
The Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical Analysis (co-edited with David Kelley, W. W. Norton & Co., 1994, second edition 1998)
Entrepreneurial Living (co-edited with Jennifer Harrolle, CEEF, 2016)
Liberalism Pro and Con (Connor Court, 2020)
Eight Philosophies of Education (co-authored with Andrew Colgan, forthcoming 2023)
* His writings have been translated into seventeen languages: Portuguese, Spanish, German, Korean, Persian, Serbo-Croatian, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Russian, Ukrainian, Cantonese, French, Hebrew, Estonian, Urdu, and Arabic.
* He has published in academic journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Teaching Philosophy, and Review of Metaphysics, as well as other publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Cato Unbound.
* In 2010, he won his university’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
* He has been Visiting Professor of Business Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Visiting Professor at Jagiellonian University, Poland, Visiting Fellow at the Social Philosophy & Policy Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College at Oxford University in England, Senior Fellow at The Objectivist Center in New York, and Visiting Professor at the University of Kasimir the Great, Poland.
* He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Guelph, Canada, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
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