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03437aam a22004458i 4500 001 F23D5A52C3D811E9AC0EB43297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190821010014 008 181115t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018044086 020 $a 150119948X 020 $a 9781501199486 035 $a (OCoLC)1074306216 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d WIM $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LA227.4 $b .K76 2019 082 00 $a 378.73 $2 23 084 $a EDU003000 $a EDU003000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Kronman, Anthony T., $e author. 245 14 $a The assault on American excellence / $c Anthony Kronman. 250 $a First Free Press hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Free Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 272 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "The former dean of Yale Law School surveys the full sweep of recent campus controversies to show how these disputes threaten the best of America's intellectual traditions--including democracy itself. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched students march across campus to protest the names of buildings and seen colleagues resign over emails about Halloween costumes. He is no stranger to recent confrontations at American universities. But where many see only the suppression of free speech, the babying of students, and the drive to bury the imperfect parts of our history, Kronman recognizes in these on-campus clashes a threat to our democracy. As Kronman argues in The Assault on American Excellence, the founders of our nation learned over three centuries ago that in order for this country to have a robust democratic government, its citizens have to be trained to have tough skins, to make up their own minds, and to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their side is closer to the truth. In other words, to prepare people to choose good leaders, you need to turn them into smart fighters, people who can take hits and think clearly so they're not manipulated by demagogues. Kronman is the first to tie today's campus debates back to the history of American values, drawing on luminaries like Alexis de Tocqueville and John Adams to show how these modern controversies threaten the best of our intellectual traditions. His tone is warm and optimistic, that of a humanist and a lover of the humanities who is passionate about educating students capable of living up to the demands of a thriving democracy. Incisive and wise, The Assault on American Excellence makes the radical argument that to graduate as good citizens, college students have to be tested in a system that isn't wholly focused on being good to them"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-258) and index. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Intellectual freedom $z United States. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States. 941 $a 7 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012024050.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909055101.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318013713.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20200311010647.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20200228010043.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20191002012138.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190822010145.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F23D5A52C3D811E9AC0EB43297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search