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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     More Content       More by this author     Kronman, Anthony T.     Subjects     Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.     Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.     Intellectual freedom -- United States.     Political correctness -- United States.     Democracy -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kronman, Anthony T.       by title:      The assault on Ameri...       by call number:      378.73 K937a     Search the Web     Kronman, Anthony T.     Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.     Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.     Intellectual freedom -- United States.     Political correctness -- United States.     Democracy -- United States.       MARC Display

The assault on American excellence / Anthony Kronman. by Kronman, Anthony T. Free Press, 2019. Call #: 378.73 K937a Subjects Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.   Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.   Intellectual freedom -- United States.   Political correctness -- United States.   Democracy -- United States. ISBN:  9781501199486 (hc.) Edition:  1st Free Press hardcover ed. Description:  272 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index Summary:  "The feverish egalitarianism on college campuses today is a threat to our democracy. College education is under attack from all sides these days. Most of the hadn-wringing-over free speech, safe zones, trigger warnings, and the babying of students - has focused on the excesses of political correctness. That may be true, bus as Anthony Kronman shows, it's not the real problem. With boldness borne of erudition, Kronman makes the case that the boundless impulse for democratic equality gripping college campuses today is a threat to institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. The founders of our nation saw that for this country to have a robust government, it must have citizens trained to have tought skins, to make up their own minds, and to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their side is closer to the truth. Without that, Americans would risk electing demagogues. Kronman is the first to tie today's campus clashes to the history of American values, drawing on luminaries like Alexis de Tocqueville and John Adams to argue that our modern controversies threaten the best of our intellectual traditions. His tone is warm and wise, that of the educatior who has devoted his life to helping students be capable of living up to the demands of a free society. Kronman wants our universities to graduate good citizens -- and that leads him to insist students be tested in a system that isn't focused on sympathy at the expense of rigor and that values excellence above all."--Jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 378.73 K937a Adult books Checked out Jul 03, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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