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Harvard And The Education Of The Ruling Class

by Ross Gregory Douthat

Privilege

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Presents a critique of elite universities and the culture of privilege they perpetuate, with a look at how social hierarchies, political correctness, and ambition can often overwhelm genuine intellectual endeavor.

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