Barzun on Elitism

As one who has been greatly influenced by the writings of conservative historian, Jacques Barzun — especially his warnings against “the menace of the untaught — the menace to themselves and to us” — it seems appropriate here to mention a few of his observations about America’s elites. . . .
—Walter C. Uhler, Allegations of “Elitism” Also Brought Down America’s Founding Fathers

 

Revd John P Richardson

I have just finished reading Jacques Barzun’s monumental From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, and find myself with mixed feelings of triumph and despair.

— The Ugley Vicar, On Finishing Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence

 

Berlioz? Encore!

By Peter Bloom in From Beyond the Stave: The Boydell & Brewer Music Blog

 

Favorite Barzun Quotations: Eric Morse

Favorite Barzun Quotations

See also Eric Robert Morse.
 

Flying Bibliography You Tubed

David Greenberg, Historian of Presidents and Politics, Receives Hiett Prize

According to the article,

Judges for the 2008 Hiett Prize were Robert Hollander, professor emeritus of European literature at Princeton University; Clayborne Carson, professor of American history at Stanford University; and Jacques Barzun, professor emeritus of history at Columbia University.

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