Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Humanities: "A perfect abyss of knowledge"

The Humanities and Us
By Heather Mac Donald

In 2011, the University of California at Los Angeles decimated its English major. Such a development may seem insignificant, compared with, say, the federal takeover of health care. It is not. What happened at UCLA is part of a momentous shift in our culture that bears on our relationship to the past—and to civilization itself.  Read the entire blog here.