Let's Be Reasonable : A Conservative Case for Liberal Education /
Marks, Jonathan
Let's Be Reasonable : A Conservative Case for Liberal Education / Jonathan Marks. - 1 online resource (248 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Let’s Be Reasonable -- Chapter 1 Holding Harvard to Its Word -- Chapter 2 Left, Right, Wrong -- Chapter 3 The Importance of Being Reasonable -- Chapter 4 Shaping Reasonable Students -- Chapter 5 The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement: A Case Study -- Conclusion Fighting for More of This, and Less of That -- Notes -- Index
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A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal educationNot so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative political theorist and professor Jonathan Marks finds in liberal education an antidote to this despair, arguing that the true purpose of college is to shape people who are reasonable—and revealing why the health of our democracy is at stake.Drawing on the ideas of John Locke and other leading thinkers, Marks presents the case for why, now more than ever, conservatives must not give up on higher education. He recognizes that professors and administrators frequently adopt the language and priorities of the left, but he explains why conservative nightmare visions of liberal persecution and indoctrination bear little resemblance to what actually goes on in college classrooms. Marks examines why advocates for liberal education struggle to offer a coherent defense of themselves against their conservative critics, and demonstrates why such a defense must rest on the cultivation of reason and of pride in being reasonable.More than just a campus battlefield guide, Let's Be Reasonable recovers what is truly liberal about liberal education—the ability to reason for oneself and with others—and shows why the liberally educated person considers reason to be more than just a tool for scoring political points.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691193854 9780691207711
10.1515/9780691207711 doi
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.--United States
Education, Humanistic--United States.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Allan Bloom. BDS movement. Closing of the American Mind. Generation Z. Jeffrey Kopstein. John Locke. Mark Edmundson. Rousseau. Tocqueville. W.E.B. Du Bois. academic freedom. academic politics. anti-Israel movement. apartheid. campus left. campus politics. censorship. civil rights movement. conservatism. conservative professors. diversity. free speech. great books. humanities. liberal arts. liberalism. political philosophy. political theory and education. politics and education. racism. student activism. student protests.
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Let's Be Reasonable : A Conservative Case for Liberal Education / Jonathan Marks. - 1 online resource (248 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Let’s Be Reasonable -- Chapter 1 Holding Harvard to Its Word -- Chapter 2 Left, Right, Wrong -- Chapter 3 The Importance of Being Reasonable -- Chapter 4 Shaping Reasonable Students -- Chapter 5 The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement: A Case Study -- Conclusion Fighting for More of This, and Less of That -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal educationNot so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative political theorist and professor Jonathan Marks finds in liberal education an antidote to this despair, arguing that the true purpose of college is to shape people who are reasonable—and revealing why the health of our democracy is at stake.Drawing on the ideas of John Locke and other leading thinkers, Marks presents the case for why, now more than ever, conservatives must not give up on higher education. He recognizes that professors and administrators frequently adopt the language and priorities of the left, but he explains why conservative nightmare visions of liberal persecution and indoctrination bear little resemblance to what actually goes on in college classrooms. Marks examines why advocates for liberal education struggle to offer a coherent defense of themselves against their conservative critics, and demonstrates why such a defense must rest on the cultivation of reason and of pride in being reasonable.More than just a campus battlefield guide, Let's Be Reasonable recovers what is truly liberal about liberal education—the ability to reason for oneself and with others—and shows why the liberally educated person considers reason to be more than just a tool for scoring political points.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691193854 9780691207711
10.1515/9780691207711 doi
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.--United States
Education, Humanistic--United States.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Allan Bloom. BDS movement. Closing of the American Mind. Generation Z. Jeffrey Kopstein. John Locke. Mark Edmundson. Rousseau. Tocqueville. W.E.B. Du Bois. academic freedom. academic politics. anti-Israel movement. apartheid. campus left. campus politics. censorship. civil rights movement. conservatism. conservative professors. diversity. free speech. great books. humanities. liberal arts. liberalism. political philosophy. political theory and education. politics and education. racism. student activism. student protests.
378.73