"Matt Burriesci wrote the book as letters to his daughter Violet, or more precisely to the 18-year-old self she will be in 2028, in order to defend, explain and pass along his love for the great books of Western culture — works by Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, St. Augustine, Locke, Machiavelli, Marx, Jesus [sic] — authors he believes his daughter is unlikely to encounter in 21st-century schools."
Monday, August 17, 2015
In defense of the Western canon
Patricia Hagen reviews Dead White Guys, by Matt Burriesci, in the
Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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