Lehrman American Studies Center

Articles

• John Locke and the Preservation of Liberty: A Perennial Problem of Civic Education by Robert H. Horowitz
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• What the American Founders Have to Teach Us About Schooling for Democratic Citizenship by Thomas L. Pangle
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Books

• Emile: or, On education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, translated by Allan Bloom
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  The definitive translation of Rousseau's treatise on Education. As with many of Rousseau's works, the Emile is a controversial account of educating the young that remains relevant to current discussions regarding the purpose and method of modern education. Bloom's Introduction…

• God and Man at Yale by William F Buckley
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  In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into…

• A Student's Guide to American Political Thought by George Carey
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  Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations of the founders, the debate over the ratification…

• A Student's Guide to Religious Studies by Daryl G. Hart
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  The study of religion in American higher education is fraught with difficulties that raise important questions about the nature of faith and the purpose of advanced learning. Although religion has been foundational to some of the United States' most prestigious…

• A Student's Guide to Philosophy by Ralph M. McInerny
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  A Student's Guide to Philosophy examines these questions: Who is a philosopher? Can philosophical thought be avoided? What have philosophers written over the ages? And why should we care? In this critical essay, these and other questions are posed and…

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Images

• The School of Athens ( Wikipedia )
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• Liber ethicorum des Henricus de Alemannia ( Wikipedia )
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  A lecture at a medieval university (1350s) showing the lecturer reading a text from the lectern to students.

• Education in Sparta ( Hellenica )
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  A spartan youth learns the evils of immoderation by observing the follies of a drunkard.

Legal Documents

• Brown v. Board of Education by SCOTUS
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  This case, decided ultimately in 1954, saw Earl Warren writing on behalf of a unanimous Court. In this case the Court famously overturned the central holding in Plessy v. Ferguson, opining that separate but equal accommodations were not constitutional, and…

• Bolling v. Sharpe by SCOTUS
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  This case, a companion case to Brown, addressed the lingering problem of segregation in Washington, DC. Brown had been decided (on the same day as Bolling) on 14 Amendment grounds. The 14th Amendment, though, did not apply to DC, as…