God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'
by William F. Buckley
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Author: William F. BuckleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1986-01-01
ISBN: 089526692X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
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Book Review: The opening shot of the conservative revolution
Summary: 5 Stars
How could a book by a very young man who had just graduated from college that contains detailed criticisms of the philosophy, attitude and method of individual professors under whom he studied change the entire course of American politics? How could a book about policies and personalities in one Ivy League school gain almost instant national recognition and cause intense reactions of either joy or rancor throughout the American intellectual community? More than fifty years after its initial publication in 1951 and after the death of its author, why would you want to read such a book? The answer to these questions is simply that this book is Mr. Buckley's first step down the road toward a conservative revolution against an advancing socialist hegemony and as it was Mr. Buckley's first step it was the nation's first step.
Mr. Buckley was a devout Catholic and committed individualist (I will use this word as he uses it and hope you gain full appreciation for it after reading the forward of the book). He saw that during his education, Yale promoted neither religion nor the ideas of free market economy and personal responsibility in contravention of its own charter. Indeed, most of the professors openly scoffed at both and forcefully propounded the ideas of liberalism that had developed during Wilson's presidency and flourished under FDR. So he wrote this book to admonish the faculty for its bias and imbalance, illuminate the hypocrisy of the college administration and to suggest that the alumni take responsibility for guiding the direction of the curriculum. Along the way he demolishes the myth of "academic freedom." The book failed to change now yet more liberal Yale because the naive Mr. Buckley had not yet learned that alumni out making a buck and carving a life hadn't the time nor intellectual interest to pressure the faculty nor that the faculty was entrenched in academia guarding their collectivist atheist ideas because they intentionally wanted to promulgate their dogma for the purpose of self validation.
So if the book failed to change Yale, how did it succeed nationally? It defined the intellectual battle-lines and called together the troops of the opposition. Thousands of people across Westendom started nodding their heads like bobble dogs saying "Ya know he is right - they did try to shove a lot of nonsense into my head when I was in school." Thousands of people stood up and said "I am an intelligent thinking person and I believe in God - get over it." This book and the then more obscure but now essential "Road to Serfdom" by Frederic Hayek serve as the starting point for rejecting collectivism, big government and the fascism that raises up every 20 years or so whenever America is economically troubled (if my use of the word fascism here puzzles you, please read Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism"). Every kid bound for college should read this book so they can learn not to look at their professors as demigods and to resist their sneering anti-Capitalist anti-religion proselytizing. Every Red State Minded person should read this book to learn to look at the left critically and face them unabashedly.
Mr. Buckley went on to found "National Review" the most widely read magazine of political commentary in the nation, to write spy novels (he was a spy briefly), editorials and works of non-fiction, to produce the PBS show "Firing Line" and to provide much of the impetus for the Reagan Revolution. Second only to my father he was the most influential man in my life. Everything he ever wrote is a delight and this book is a great place to discover that delight.
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In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight.Business Books
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