When he came back from his military experience, he ended up getting his dlit, a little higher than a graduate degree, at a scottish university, the university of st. Andrews, earned that in 1952, came back in 1953. Strangely enough, his dissertation became this millioncopy bestseller, this book called the conservative mind, which the timing was just right. It hit the market from a chicago publisher, ended up going hrough seven editions over its lifetime, and it really did give there were a number of disparate voices that i would just say were not leftist. They might be conservative to ome degree, libertarian to another degree, but there were a whole number of voices that i think kirks book allowed some kind of forum for all of these voices to be able to speak right t the end of world war ii, right at the end of the korean war, so he becomes very important. We would never have had a very goldwater Movement Without kirk. We also would not have had a reagan Movement Later on without kirk.
Morning from southcentral michigan, made the journey, and is here to talk about his book about russell kirk. One of the first questions for lots of people is who is russell kirk . The man undoubtedly cast a very large shadow over american political and intellectual thought in the latter half of the 20th century. It could be argued he still does. Yet, russell kirk is not a name that is much known these days or much invoked these days. Brad, your book does many things , but it also helps serve as a marvelous bracing introduction or reintroduction to russell kirk. We are avoided talk about many things today, but for starters, please give us a quick overview of this man. Bradley sure. Thank you, john, and thank you, everybody, for coming here. Thanks to cspan tv and booktv. Russell kirk was born in 1918 in michigan into extreme poverty. It was something he experienced the first 35 years of his life , to varying degrees. Yet, he was always very bookish, became interested in all kinds of thi
Whos endowed that chair . Guest it was not russell kirk. [laughter] that was endowed by a family whos passed away, unfortunately, the briggs out of colorado and a number of other donors as well. Kirk used to teach classics at the university of coloradoboulder during the summers back in the 70s and 80s, and a lot of money in colorado, and these people really liked kirk, so they endowed that. Very, very gracious of them. Host the book, russell kirk american conservative. Thanks for your time. Guest thanks, peter, very much. And next up on booktv, Bradley Birzer receives this years paolucci book award sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is awarded annually to a Nonfiction Book that, according to the sponsors, advances conservative principles. Ladies and gentlemen, if i can get your attention, please. [inaudible conversations] if i can get your attention. Thank you. I know some of you still have your dessert and coffee and, please, i encourage you to and continue eating.
A Hillsborough County mother is honoring her son and others who lost their lives while serving our country, after losing him to an explosion in Afghanistan back in 2010.