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Ideas Have Consequences
Originally published in 1948, at the height of post-World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present …

Under omprövning : en antologi om konst, kanon och kvalitet
Under omprövning rymmer ett stort antal bidrag som förenas av att de utifrån ett kritiskt perspektiv diskuterar vår tids mest karakteristiska estetiska hållningar och konstnärliga …

The Rape of the Masters
Colleges and universities used to teach art history to encourage connoisseurship and acquaint students with the riches of our artistic heritage. But now, as Roger Kimball reveals …

Tenured Radicals
Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught and studied at American …

Future Tense
We are living in an age of unprecedented upheaval. The future of Western culture is uncertain. Americas economic and political vitality are more fragile than ever. The …

Lives of the Mind
Mr. Kimball, one of the best of our cultural critics, offers a lively and penetrating study of genius—and pseudo-genius—at work, and investigates the use and abuse of intelligence. …

Who Rules?
The populist phenomenon is often identified with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. But the political, moral, and social realities for which Trump was a symbol both …

Who Rules?
The populist phenomenon is often identified with the election of Donald Trump in November 2016. But the political, moral, and social realities for which Trump was a symbol both …

Rape of the Masters
Colleges and universities used to teach art history to encourage connoisseurship and acquaint students with the riches of our artistic heritage. But now, as Roger Kimball reveals …

The Critical Temper
On the occasion of its fortieth anniversary, The New Criterion has brought together a plump chrestomathy of essays demonstrating its range and acuity as America’s foremost review …

Betrayal of Liberalism
Just fifty years ago the literary critic Lionel Trilling spoke of liberalism as "e;not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition"e; in American society. At …

Treason of the Intellectuals
Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The "e;treason of the intellectuals"e; is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous. The book …