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Liberalism Against Greatness

Liberalism Against Greatness
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In that avant-garde hothouse of liberalism—the humanities, I mean—where progressive ideas mature until they’re ready to be implemented in law and regulation, the word “masterpiece” is unfashionable. So are genius, greatness, and civilization, at least when found in “great books” and “Western civilization.”

Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein
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Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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