He Wanted To Teach Western Civilization. So He Quit Harvard.
- Mar 10
- 1 min read
In this conversation with Coleman Hughes, James Hankins discusses the controversy surrounding the Western canon, and how professors should respond when students without Western backgrounds feel excluded from courses centered on the Judeo-Christian tradition. Ultimately, Hankins argues that curricula should prioritize teaching the Great Books because of their intellectual importance, even if that means the authors studied don’t have demographic diversity. If you don’t teach civilization, he says, people become uncivilized.