Western Civilization Isn''t Dead Yet

[JimG]

I was intrigued and somewhat hopeful by the title. The author was arguing that a couple of Western Civ courses be included in the first year curriculum at Stanford University…

However, the body of the article seems to show that Western Civ has already been deliberately killed off and buried. I don’t know whether they ever got those courses. Still I hope for a resurrection.

Western Civilization Isn’t Dead Yet by Editors-in-Chief of the Stanford Review, 2013-16 | NAS

 

[Regular_Atheist]

I can’t help but feel that this article is being deliberately dishonest. Basically any modern university course, at least here in the UK, will focus on western history or philosophy moreso than any other region. It’s hard to imagine that’s any different in the US. The lack of a “western civilization” course doesn’t mean people aren’t learning about western history or philosophy in university.

 

[JimG]

You may be right; it’s been a long time since I was in university. But what I have heard in the U.S. is that Western Civ is not only seldom taught, but if taught, it is mainly to denigrate western civilization. I hope I am wrong.