Roosevelt Montás

Roosevelt Montás is a senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University, where he is also the director of the Freedom and Citizenship Program, and author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation.

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The Defenders of Classical Education Are Destroying It

The Western canon is too diverse to be used as a political pawn.
- Annie Abrams and Roosevelt Montás
- March 15, 2023