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This BOOKNOTES segment featured an interview with Irving Kristol,Author,Neo-Conservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea He explained the development of his personal philosophy which b…

This BOOK-TV interview featured Gertrude Himmelfarb,Author, The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values. Her book concerns the development of modern valu…

Professor Edmundson talks about his book Why Read?, published by Bloomsbury USA. The book is on the relationship between a liberal arts education and literature. The author writes that liter…

Gertrude Himmelfarb spoke about her book, Reflections on Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” In the book she talks about influence of the Irish political philosopher Ed…

In a forum titled “Higher Education and Democracy in Peace and War: Is Higher Education Compatible with Patriotism?,” participants talked about the state of higher education and the dominan…

Panel members discussed author Saul Bellow’s novel Ravelstein, a fictionalized account of the author’s friendship with professor of political philosophy Allan Bloom, best-selling author of T…

Participants talked about growth of the politics of personal destruction and the role it plays in American culture. Among the issues they addressed were how the media presents news and enter…

Panelists discussed historians' role in public debates over historical and political issues during a portion of a conference in honor of historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The panelists each …

Professor Gertrude Himmelfarb spoke about the cultural transformation from Victorian virtues to modern values in a morally relativist society. She argued that people during the Victorian era…

A History Lecture by Gertrude Himmelfarb, entitled “From Hegel to Marx” sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute Lecture Series. She is a distinguished professor of history emeritus at…

Professor Robert Nisbet spoke about progress in the early 20th century.