The New Thinkery

Eric Adler on the New Humanism


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This week, the guys are joined for a record sixth time by Dr. Eric Adler, Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Maryland to talk about his latest work, Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt – Paul Elmer More Correspondence. Adler provides crucial background information about Irving Babbit and Paul Elmer More, the minds behind the New Humamism movement, before turning to sharing thought-provoking commentary on the subject, explaining its value for even a casual reader, and unpacking how it is impacting things like Higher Education today.

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