God and Man at Yale
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| Author | William F. Buckley Jr. |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University |
| Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| This article is part of a series on |
| Conservatism in the United States |
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God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom" is a 1951 book by
Reviews and legacy
God and Man at Yale received some mixed or harsh reviews when it was first published, including those of Peter Viereck[1] and McGeorge Bundy.[2]
Many American academics and pundits underestimated the ultimate impact that the book and its author would have on American society, thinking that it would quickly fade into the background. Quite the opposite happened, as Buckley used it as a launching pad into the public eye. Buckley himself credited the attention his book received to its introduction, written by
George Will called the book "a lovers' quarrel with his alma mater".[4] In 2002, the work was featured in the C-SPAN original series American Writers: A Journey Through History, which focused on American writers of significance over the society's first 400 years, in an episode entitled "Writings of Kirk and Buckley".[5]
Assessments in 2011, sixty years after publication of the book include:
- "All-Time 100 Nonfiction Books" of Time magazine on "the 100 best and most influential [books] written in English since 1923" (the first publication year of Time)[6]
- a National Review symposium on the book.[7]
References
- ^ Peter Viereck (November 4, 1951). "Conservatism under the Elms". The New York Times, Books section.
- The Atlantic Monthly.
- ISBN 0895266563.
- ^ Will, George F. (February 29, 2008). "A Life Athwart History". The Washington Post. p. A19. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- ^ "William F. Buckley, Jr. Interview for episode 'Writings of Kirk and Buckley'". C-SPAN. June 13, 2002.
- ^ Dan Fastenberg (August 17, 2011). "God and Man at Yale". Time.
- ^ Lee Edwards, Alvin S. Felzenberg, George H. Nash, Charles R. Kesler, and Danilo Petranovich. (November 10, 2011). "God and Man at Yale, Now: WFB's Classic at 60".
- Godfrey Hodgson (1996), The World Turned Right Side Up: A History of Conservative Ascendancy in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 75–77.
- "William Buckley". American Decades CD-ROM. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
External links
- Austin W. Bramwell (Fall 2001). "The Revolt against the Establishment: God and Man at Yale at 50". The Intercollegiate Review.
- Denis Boyles (February 29, 2008). "God, Man, Buckley, and Me". National Review.
- Panel discussion on God and Man at Yale, November 4, 2011, C-SPAN