The Emancipatory Challenge of Critical Theory: Prof. Rick Roderick

Rick Roderick was born in Abilene, Texas in 1949 and received his B.A. at the University of Texas at Austin. He did post-graduate work at Baylor University and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1977, Professor Roderick taught at Baylor University, the University of Texas, Duke University and National University in Los Angeles.

His best topics were Marx and Marxism, Social and Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, 19th-Century Philosophy, and Contemporary Continental Philosophy. He also taught Ethics, Logic, History of Modern Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Existentialism.

He was the recipient of the Oldright Fellowship at the University of Texas and served as associate editor to The Pawn Review and Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Dr. Roderick was the editor of the Baylor Philosophy Journal and a member of the Phi Sigma Tau National Honor Society of Philosophy. He presented more than 25 papers, and published 13 reviews and literary criticisms. He was the author of the book Habermas and the Foundation of Critical Theory (1986) as well as numerous articles in professional journals.

Rick Roderick died in 2002.

Material From Rick Roderick

Lecture Notes and discussion on “Theses on the Philosophy of History” by Walter Benjamin

The self under siege : philosophy in the twentieth century (Torrent)
TTC - Rick Roderick - The Self Under Siege: Philosophy in the 20th Century
The Teaching Company, 1993 - out of print

L01 - The Masters Of Suspicion
L02 - Heidegger And The Rejection Of Humanism
L03 - Sartre And The Roads To Freedom
L04 - Marcuse And One-Dimensional Man
L05 - Habermas And The Fragile Dignity Of Humanity
L06 - Foucault And The Disappearance Of The Human
L07 - Derrida And The Ends Of Man
L08 - Fatal Strategies
Self Under Siege - Guidebook.pdf
VHS rip, XviD 640x432 29.97 fps, mpga 128kb/s 2ch

The entire Teaching Company lectures by Rick Roderick are now available on the tribute site:

Guidebook: Philosophy and Human Values (1990)

Lecture One: Socrates and the Life of Inquiry

Lecture Two: Epicureans, Stoics, Skeptics

Lecture Three: Kant and the Path to Enlightenment

Lecture Four: Mill on Liberty

Lecture Five: Hegel and Modern Life

Lecture Six: Nietzsche: Knowledge and Belief

Lecture Seven: Kierkegaard and the Contemporary Spirit

Lecture Eight: Philosophy and Postmodern Culture

Guidebook: Nietzsche and the Postmodern Condition (1991)

Lecture One: Nietzsche as Myth and Mythmaker

Lecture Two: Nietzsche on Truth and Lie

Lecture Three: Nietzsche as Master of Suspicion and Immoralist

Lecture Four: The Death of God

Lecture Five: The Eternal Recurrence

Lecture Six: The Will to Power

Lecture Seven: Nietzsche as Artist

Lecture Eight: Nietzsche’s Progeny

Guidebook: The Self Under Siege – Philosophy in the 20th Century (1993)

Lecture One: The Masters of Suspicion

Lecture Two: Heidegger and the Rejection of Humanism

Lecture Three: Sartre and the Roads to Freedom

Lecture Four: Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man

Lecture Five: Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of Humanity

Lecture Six: Foucault and the Disappearance of the Human

Lecture Seven: Derrida and the Ends of Man

Lecture Eight: Fatal Strategies        

What happened to Rick Roderick?
Three audio lectures of his I have. All from The Teaching Company, but they are out of print now. If you for some reason think these shouldn't be available for download, please contact me. Unfortunately, the two last lectures in "Philosophy and Human Values" are suffering from quite a bit of "tape noise". I guess it was recorded from a worn tape. If you have these in better quality, sharing them will be rewarded in heaven.
Roderick's lecture on "Theses on the Philosophy of History" by Walter Benjamin