Although it's self-evident to observers of the contemporary academic scene, far too few parents whose kids are college-bound seem aware of the conflict raging within academia over its soul. The classical ideal of a liberal arts education has long been under attack. Specifically, the idea of reason and its concomitants--objectivity, truth, and knowledge--are now systematically dismissed as the function of
White Privilege
,
racism
patriarchy
, etc. by the postmodern leftist ideologues dominating colleges and universities. The assault against liberal learning is nothing less than an assault against the civilization--the West--that produced this ideal. There are, however, some academic dissidents who remain committed to the ideal of a liberal arts education. This book, written for an educated laity, is one dissident's attempt to defend the ideal by bringing attention to the assaults to which it's routinely subjected.