Books
In Defense of the Two Cultures
– HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE. "In Defense of the Two Cultures." The American Scholar50, no. 4. 1981.Abstract: Next year will be the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the occasion will, no doubt, be properly memorialized. But it will be a very different kind of occasion from… More
What To Do About Education: The Universities
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "What To Do About Education: The Universities." Commentary Magazine, October, 1994.Abstract: Continuing the series we inaugurated last month with James Q. Wilson’s article on crime, we here move on to the issue of education. It is now widely recognized that this country… More
Second Thoughts On Civil Society
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Second Thoughts On Civil Society." The Weekly Standard, September 8, 1996.Excerpt: I would think that it is not just contrariness on my part that makes me wince, these days, on hearing talk of civil society. Liberals and conservatives, communitarians and… More
The Election and the Culture Wars
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Election and the Culture Wars." Commentary Magazine. May, 2000.Excerpt: A funny thing happened on the way to the presidential nominations this year. We discovered not only that the candidates were not quite what we thought them to be (this happens in… More
Two Nations or Two Cultures?
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Two Nations or Two Cultures?" Commentary Magazine. January, 2001.Exceprt: I entirely (well, almost entirely) agree with Terry Teachout. The election has confirmed, even dramatized, the cultural divide in our nation—a cultural divide, as he points out,… More
The Trilling Imagination
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Trilling Imagination." The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2005Excerpt: A Recent casual, dismissive reference to Lionel Trilling recalled to me the man who was the most eminent intellectual figure of his time–certainly in New York intellectual… More
Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’." The Weekly Standard, September 2, 2016.Excerpt: It was by chance that my first reading of Culture and Anarchy with my students coincided with the centenary of its publication. But it was not by chance that I chose to read it… More
Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual." The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2015.Abstract: This year is the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and the occasion for revisiting that momentous discovery by paying tribute to one of the most… More
Essays
In Defense of the Two Cultures
– HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE. "In Defense of the Two Cultures." The American Scholar50, no. 4. 1981.Abstract: Next year will be the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the occasion will, no doubt, be properly memorialized. But it will be a very different kind of occasion from… More
What To Do About Education: The Universities
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "What To Do About Education: The Universities." Commentary Magazine, October, 1994.Abstract: Continuing the series we inaugurated last month with James Q. Wilson’s article on crime, we here move on to the issue of education. It is now widely recognized that this country… More
Second Thoughts On Civil Society
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Second Thoughts On Civil Society." The Weekly Standard, September 8, 1996.Excerpt: I would think that it is not just contrariness on my part that makes me wince, these days, on hearing talk of civil society. Liberals and conservatives, communitarians and… More
The Election and the Culture Wars
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Election and the Culture Wars." Commentary Magazine. May, 2000.Excerpt: A funny thing happened on the way to the presidential nominations this year. We discovered not only that the candidates were not quite what we thought them to be (this happens in… More
Two Nations or Two Cultures?
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Two Nations or Two Cultures?" Commentary Magazine. January, 2001.Exceprt: I entirely (well, almost entirely) agree with Terry Teachout. The election has confirmed, even dramatized, the cultural divide in our nation—a cultural divide, as he points out,… More
The Trilling Imagination
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Trilling Imagination." The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2005Excerpt: A Recent casual, dismissive reference to Lionel Trilling recalled to me the man who was the most eminent intellectual figure of his time–certainly in New York intellectual… More
Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’." The Weekly Standard, September 2, 2016.Excerpt: It was by chance that my first reading of Culture and Anarchy with my students coincided with the centenary of its publication. But it was not by chance that I chose to read it… More
Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual." The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2015.Abstract: This year is the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and the occasion for revisiting that momentous discovery by paying tribute to one of the most… More
Commentary
In Defense of the Two Cultures
– HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE. "In Defense of the Two Cultures." The American Scholar50, no. 4. 1981.Abstract: Next year will be the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the occasion will, no doubt, be properly memorialized. But it will be a very different kind of occasion from… More
What To Do About Education: The Universities
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "What To Do About Education: The Universities." Commentary Magazine, October, 1994.Abstract: Continuing the series we inaugurated last month with James Q. Wilson’s article on crime, we here move on to the issue of education. It is now widely recognized that this country… More
Second Thoughts On Civil Society
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Second Thoughts On Civil Society." The Weekly Standard, September 8, 1996.Excerpt: I would think that it is not just contrariness on my part that makes me wince, these days, on hearing talk of civil society. Liberals and conservatives, communitarians and… More
The Election and the Culture Wars
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Election and the Culture Wars." Commentary Magazine. May, 2000.Excerpt: A funny thing happened on the way to the presidential nominations this year. We discovered not only that the candidates were not quite what we thought them to be (this happens in… More
Two Nations or Two Cultures?
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Two Nations or Two Cultures?" Commentary Magazine. January, 2001.Exceprt: I entirely (well, almost entirely) agree with Terry Teachout. The election has confirmed, even dramatized, the cultural divide in our nation—a cultural divide, as he points out,… More
The Trilling Imagination
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Trilling Imagination." The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2005Excerpt: A Recent casual, dismissive reference to Lionel Trilling recalled to me the man who was the most eminent intellectual figure of his time–certainly in New York intellectual… More
Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’." The Weekly Standard, September 2, 2016.Excerpt: It was by chance that my first reading of Culture and Anarchy with my students coincided with the centenary of its publication. But it was not by chance that I chose to read it… More
Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual." The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2015.Abstract: This year is the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and the occasion for revisiting that momentous discovery by paying tribute to one of the most… More
Multimedia
In Defense of the Two Cultures
– HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE. "In Defense of the Two Cultures." The American Scholar50, no. 4. 1981.Abstract: Next year will be the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the occasion will, no doubt, be properly memorialized. But it will be a very different kind of occasion from… More
What To Do About Education: The Universities
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "What To Do About Education: The Universities." Commentary Magazine, October, 1994.Abstract: Continuing the series we inaugurated last month with James Q. Wilson’s article on crime, we here move on to the issue of education. It is now widely recognized that this country… More
Second Thoughts On Civil Society
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Second Thoughts On Civil Society." The Weekly Standard, September 8, 1996.Excerpt: I would think that it is not just contrariness on my part that makes me wince, these days, on hearing talk of civil society. Liberals and conservatives, communitarians and… More
The Election and the Culture Wars
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Election and the Culture Wars." Commentary Magazine. May, 2000.Excerpt: A funny thing happened on the way to the presidential nominations this year. We discovered not only that the candidates were not quite what we thought them to be (this happens in… More
Two Nations or Two Cultures?
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Two Nations or Two Cultures?" Commentary Magazine. January, 2001.Exceprt: I entirely (well, almost entirely) agree with Terry Teachout. The election has confirmed, even dramatized, the cultural divide in our nation—a cultural divide, as he points out,… More
The Trilling Imagination
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Trilling Imagination." The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2005Excerpt: A Recent casual, dismissive reference to Lionel Trilling recalled to me the man who was the most eminent intellectual figure of his time–certainly in New York intellectual… More
Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’." The Weekly Standard, September 2, 2016.Excerpt: It was by chance that my first reading of Culture and Anarchy with my students coincided with the centenary of its publication. But it was not by chance that I chose to read it… More
Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual." The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2015.Abstract: This year is the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and the occasion for revisiting that momentous discovery by paying tribute to one of the most… More
Teaching
In Defense of the Two Cultures
– HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE. "In Defense of the Two Cultures." The American Scholar50, no. 4. 1981.Abstract: Next year will be the centenary of Charles Darwin’s death, and the occasion will, no doubt, be properly memorialized. But it will be a very different kind of occasion from… More
What To Do About Education: The Universities
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "What To Do About Education: The Universities." Commentary Magazine, October, 1994.Abstract: Continuing the series we inaugurated last month with James Q. Wilson’s article on crime, we here move on to the issue of education. It is now widely recognized that this country… More
Second Thoughts On Civil Society
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Second Thoughts On Civil Society." The Weekly Standard, September 8, 1996.Excerpt: I would think that it is not just contrariness on my part that makes me wince, these days, on hearing talk of civil society. Liberals and conservatives, communitarians and… More
The Election and the Culture Wars
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Election and the Culture Wars." Commentary Magazine. May, 2000.Excerpt: A funny thing happened on the way to the presidential nominations this year. We discovered not only that the candidates were not quite what we thought them to be (this happens in… More
Two Nations or Two Cultures?
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Two Nations or Two Cultures?" Commentary Magazine. January, 2001.Exceprt: I entirely (well, almost entirely) agree with Terry Teachout. The election has confirmed, even dramatized, the cultural divide in our nation—a cultural divide, as he points out,… More
The Trilling Imagination
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Trilling Imagination." The Weekly Standard, February 14, 2005Excerpt: A Recent casual, dismissive reference to Lionel Trilling recalled to me the man who was the most eminent intellectual figure of his time–certainly in New York intellectual… More
Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Culture’s Champion: On Rereading ‘Culture and Anarchy’." The Weekly Standard, September 2, 2016.Excerpt: It was by chance that my first reading of Culture and Anarchy with my students coincided with the centenary of its publication. But it was not by chance that I chose to read it… More
Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual
– Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Einstein in Theory: The Scientist as Public Intellectual." The Weekly Standard, May 11, 2015.Abstract: This year is the centenary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and the occasion for revisiting that momentous discovery by paying tribute to one of the most… More