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Harvey Mansfield discusses his new book 'Where Harvard Went Wrong' and his views on the university's political partisanship.
Harvey Mansfield arrived as an undergrad at Harvard in 1949, 77 years ago. He hardly left the university until he retired as research professor in 2023. Professor Mansfield, at age 94, is still writing. Encounter Books has just published a 136-page book by him titled "Where Harvard Went Wrong." Prof. Mansfield says he's one of the conservative faculty members of his university, one of three. His book contains speeches and essays, covering over 50 years, aimed at his students and colleagues. Mansfield's plea has always been that Harvard abandon, in his words, its "partisanship with the left and adopt instead a bipartisanship that welcomes conservatives as well as liberals." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Guest: Harvey Mansfield
Topics covered
- Harvard
- conservatism
- education
- politics
- bipartisanship
Keywords
- Harvard
- Harvey Mansfield
- conservatism
- bipartisanship
- education
- politics
- Encounter Books
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Harvard, Encounter Books
Books & works: Where Harvard Went Wrong
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