Writers Among Us: Alan Wolfe
Alan Wolfe is a professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College, as well as a widely published essayist and political observer, and a contributing editor to the New Republic and the Wilson Quarterly. Wolfe discusses his new book, Return to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It (Princeton University Press, 2005), in which he argues that American political movers on both the right and left lack sufficient ambition to rebuild the country's greatness, and he offers solutions to build national strength and unity in the examples of Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, Abraham Lincoln, and the two Roosevelts.
Wolfe is introduced by Ben Birnbaum, the editor of Boston College Magazine. This lecture is a part of “Writers Among Us: Boston College Readings,” a series spotlighting recent book publications by Boston College faculty.
Presenter(s): Alan Wolfe
Date: April 5, 2005
Location: Gasson Hall 305, Boston College
Sponsor(s): Boston College Magazine; Boston College Bookstore
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/wolfe1/
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