Hankins J.
Harvard Debates Itself. Law & Liberty. 2023.
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A recent debate on meritocracy at Harvard revealed deeper questions about the purpose of the school.
Hankins J.
The Past As Enemy Country: Why Teachers of Great Books Should Be Teaching History, Too. Public Discourse - The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute. 2023.
Publisher's VersionAbstract
We need to study history as a subject in its own right, acquiring a deep appreciation for the story of Western civilization, with all its abysses of failure and all its deservedly celebrated achievements. We need to help our students understand old texts at a deeper level, in less anachronistic ways. Above all, we need to arm them against the hostility to their own tradition that has become such a destructive force in our culture.
![“Training for the Contemplative Life,” [Review of Daniel Gordon, What is Academic Freedom: A Century of Debate, 1915-present, London: Routledge, 2022]](https://scholar.harvard.edu/sites/scholar.harvard.edu/files/styles/book_cover_thumb/public/jameshankins/files/lawliberty2_2_0.png?m=1668541449&itok=wSGSW0EI "“Training for the Contemplative Life,” [Review of Daniel Gordon, What is Academic Freedom: A Century of Debate, 1915-present, London: Routledge, 2022]")
