Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age

by John Sexton

Book Overview

A powerful case for the importance of universities as an antidote to the "secular dogmatism" that increasingly infects political discourse

John Sexton argues that over six decades, a "secular dogmatism," impenetrable by dialogue or reason, has come to dominate political discourse in America. Political positions, elevated to the status of doctrinal truths, now simply are "revealed." Our leaders and our citizens suffer from an allergy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300243375
• ISBN13: 9780300243376
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"