God and Man at Yale
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| Author | William F. Buckley, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
| Released | 1951 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom," is book published in 1951 that was written by William F. Buckley, Jr., who eventually became a leading voice in the American conservative movement in the later half of the twentieth century.
Buckley wrote the book based on his undergraduate experiences at Yale University. In the book, he criticized Yale and its faculty for forcing liberal ideology on its students. He criticized individual professors by name in the book for their stomping out of students' religious beliefs through their teaching. Buckley claimed in the book, also, that Yale was denying its students any sense of individualism by forcing them to embrace this new idea of liberalism.
God and Man at Yale received mixed reviews when it was first published. Many underestimated the ultimate impact that the book and Buckley would have on American society, thinking that it would quickly fade into the background. Quite the opposite happened though, as Buckley used it as a sort of launching pad into the public eye. He went on to be an active force in the conservative movement through the political magazine he started, National Review, and his television show, "Firing Line." The book also played a crucial role in tying together the different factions of the arising conservative movement in an effort to fight socialism and collectivism.
[edit] References
- Godfrey Hodgson, The World Turned Right Side Up: A History of Conservative Ascendancy in America, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996), 75-77.
- “William Buckley.” American Decades CD-ROM. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005.
