Mark Bauerlein on Literary Theory
Mark Bauerlein on Literary Theory  
Podcast: First Things Podcast
Published On: Wed Feb 16 2022
Description: Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Mark Bauerlein to talk about his article from the March print edition, “Purveyors of Truth” They discuss the origins of theory in post-war Germany, the exhilaration of being a young scholar during theory’s heyday, and the unfortunate decline in the humanities as theory has been co-opted by diversity bureaucrats.