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Democracy Limited: Irving Babbitt's Classicism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Henry S. Kariel
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When in 1930 Henry Seidel Canby scrutinized the neo-classic philosophy of Harvard professor Irving Babbitt, his article was considered a final examination by the editors of the Saturday Review Literature. They entitled it “Post Mortem.” But Babbitt's views, known as the New Humanism, have been tough enough to outlive than one literary critic's autopsy. Older than his rhetoric, Babbitt's philosophy remains vital today. It is more than a mere obstacle to Ph.D. candidates in English literature or political science. assumes a pressing relevance as Americans toward the middle century seek peace of mind in an armed and inexplicable world nations far from united.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1951 , pp. 430 - 440
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1951

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