As contradictory as it may sound, Jonah Goldberg of the American Enterprise Institute believes that the conservative movement is constantly changing. Maintaining that the Bush years changed conservatism in profound ways…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/future-and-past-of-conservatismWhether speaking as the Cuban Blanco or the American Richard, the homebody or the world traveler, the shy boy or the openly gay man, the civil engineer or the civic-minded poet, presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanc…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evening-of-poetry-with-richard-blancoEmpathy, generally viewed as a universally desired trait, is actually one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society maintains Yale University professor of psychology Paul Bloom. A capricious and…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/against-empathy-case-for-rational-compassionWith technological advances, declining support for labor, and increasing income inequality, work has changed dramatically over the past half century. Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology at Washington Universit…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/black-professionals-in-post-racial-eraArguably the computer revolution may be even more life-changing than the industrial revolution, and indeed many fear that super-intelligent machines will protect themselves by enslaving or even eliminating humans. Gary…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/ai-delusionA 2015 MacArthur Genius Award recipient, Latoya Ruby Frazier will discuss how she has used photography to visually capture the consequences of postindustrial decline for disenfranchised communities and illustrate how ph…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/art-as-transformation-using-photography-for-social-changePresident Hiram E. Chodosh welcomed a new class of students by invoking “the original idea” of the College’s founders to seek a “rationally balanced” education to meet the political, economic, social, and cultural needs…
The Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum has an established and cherished history as Claremont McKenna College’s beacon for the cultural, social, and academic exchange of ideas. “The Ath” brings some of the brightest scholars an…
Jerrold E. Hogle, professor emeritus and University Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Arizona, is an expert in English Romantic literature, literary and cultural theory, and the many different form…
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