Transmitting Western Civilization Through Education

Transmitting Western Civilization Through Education

by | Feb 2, 2025

On Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage By Tracy Lee Simmons. Memoria College Press, 2023. Paperback, 281 pages, $15.45. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. “What is civilization?”  When confronted with what appears to be civilizational disintegration, many...
Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities

Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities

by | Dec 29, 2024

Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...