Right Ideas: A Discussion of Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt (1864-1933) was an American scholar and cultural critic. Founder of the “New Humanism” movement, and teacher of such figures as T.S. Eliot, Babbitt has long been regarded as an important influence on American conservatism. Our webinar will explore Babbitt’s thought and continued relevance.
Join the National Association of Scholars on Wednesday, May 31, at 1 pm ET for "Right Ideas: A Discussion of Irving Babbitt."
This event will feature Luke Foster, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Notre Dame University’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government. Foster received his doctorate from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where he wrote a dissertation entitled “Excellence for the Democratic Age: Liberal Education and the Mixed Regime.”

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Irving Babbitt was one of my father's favorite scholars. Young conservatives get so swept up in the celebrity voices on the contemporary right, they forget the important task of looking back at the voices of the past that the left has attempted to marginalize, to figure out for themselves whether or not they deserved that treatment.