![]() I was stunned when they wrote it down! These young women were bright students with high GPAs. I thought it was some sort of tease, so I told them the Roman Empire ruled Southern California in the 1920s. Afterward, two undergraduates came up to me and asked where and when was the Roman Empire. They remain ignorant of their intellectual heritage and of the most fundamental historical facts-where did the modern world come from? In my last year at the University of Washington, I gave a lecture about the situation of women in ancient Greece and Rome. What are today’s students losing by not studying Western civilization? In How the West Won, you note how most colleges have abandoned “Western Civ” courses. ![]() ![]() Stark speaks with the Intercollegiate Review about the dangerous myths about Western civilization that are gaining currency-and about why the truth matters. The Wall Street Journal praises Stark for being one of the “few unapologetic defenders of Western civilization can still be found,” and World magazine declares that How the West Won “slaughters more of conventional history’s sacred cows.” ![]() Rodney Stark, distinguished professor of the social sciences at Baylor University, is attracting attention with his new book, How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity (ISI Books). ![]()
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