Lunchtime Talk: Robert Boyers
Revisiting the Campus and Culture Wars
Monday, November 15, 2021
Arendt Center
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Mon. November 15, 12 pm – 1 pm
Have things improved since the publication of my 2019 book on THE TYRANNY OF VIRTUE? Are recent developments signs of a growing commitment to the creation of what I call “a total culture”? What are the benefits and dangers of unanimity in such a culture, where everyone is, or pretends to be, on board with what the guardians prescribe?
Robert Boyers is the author of many books, the most recent of which is THE TYRANNY OF VIRTUE: Identity, The Academy and the Hunt for Political Heresies (Scribner, 2019), which will be issued in a paperback edition with a new afterword on November 2nd. Boyers is the editor of the quarterly magazine SALMAGUNDI, which he founded in 1965, Director of the NY State Summer Writers Institute and Professor of English at Skidmore College. He writes frequently for such publications as HARPERS, THE NATION, THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR, and dozens of other magazines.
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*This event is in-person only. The event will not be live-streamed, but will be recorded and published on our Youtube channel.Have things improved since the publication of my 2019 book on THE TYRANNY OF VIRTUE? Are recent developments signs of a growing commitment to the creation of what I call “a total culture”? What are the benefits and dangers of unanimity in such a culture, where everyone is, or pretends to be, on board with what the guardians prescribe?
Robert Boyers is the author of many books, the most recent of which is THE TYRANNY OF VIRTUE: Identity, The Academy and the Hunt for Political Heresies (Scribner, 2019), which will be issued in a paperback edition with a new afterword on November 2nd. Boyers is the editor of the quarterly magazine SALMAGUNDI, which he founded in 1965, Director of the NY State Summer Writers Institute and Professor of English at Skidmore College. He writes frequently for such publications as HARPERS, THE NATION, THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR, and dozens of other magazines.
RSVP required: arendt@bard.edu