Let's Be Reasonable : : A Conservative Case for Liberal Education / / Jonathan Marks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Marks, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Let’s Be Reasonable --; Chapter 1 Holding Harvard to Its Word --; Chapter 2 Left, Right, Wrong --; Chapter 3 The Importance of Being Reasonable --; Chapter 4 Shaping Reasonable Students --; Chapter 5 The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement: A Case Study --; Conclusion Fighting for More of This, and Less of That --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691207711; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754063; 9783110753950; 9783110739121
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691207711?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jonathan Marks.

A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal educationNot so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative political theorist and professor Jonathan Marks finds in liberal education an antidote to this despair, arguing that the true purpose of college is to shape people who are reasonable—and revealing why the health of our democracy is at stake.Drawing on the ideas of John Locke and other leading thinkers, Marks presents the case for why, now more than ever, conservatives must not give up on higher education. He recognizes that professors and administrators frequently adopt the language and priorities of the left, but he explains why conservative nightmare visions of liberal persecution and indoctrination bear little resemblance to what actually goes on in college classrooms. Marks examines why advocates for liberal education struggle to offer a coherent defense of themselves against their conservative critics, and demonstrates why such a defense must rest on the cultivation of reason and of pride in being reasonable.More than just a campus battlefield guide, Let's Be Reasonable recovers what is truly liberal about liberal education—the ability to reason for oneself and with others—and shows why the liberally educated person considers reason to be more than just a tool for scoring political points.