"Robert Nisbet - the 20th Century's Tocqueville?" with Dr. Brad Birzer

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Brad Birzer, Ph.D., to deliver a lecture on sociologist Robert Nisbet titled "The 20th Century's Tocqueville?" Dr. Birzer, a history professor and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, speaks as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series.
"Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell Center's 2023-2024 programming, focused on studying Alexis de Tocqueville's 19th-century work, "Democracy in America." Long considered a classic consideration of the origins, evolution, and future of democratic self-governance in America, we seek to read, understand, and examine Tocqueville's analysis and its implications for the United States today.
Founded in 1991, the non-partisan McConnell Center at the University of Louisville seeks to identify, recruit, and nurture Kentucky's next generation of great leaders. Our core principles-leadership, scholarship, and service-guide us as we (1) prepare top undergraduate students to become future leaders; (2) offer civic education programs for teachers, students, and the public; and (3) conduct strategic leadership development for the U.S. Army.
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