Irving Babbitt (1864-1933) was an American scholar and cultural critic. Founder of the “New Humanism” movement and teacher of such figures as T.S. Eliot, Babbitt has long been regarded as an important influence on American conservatism. Our episode of Right Ideas will explore Babbitt’s thought and continued relevance. This episode features Luke Foster, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Notre Dame University’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government. Foster received his doctorate from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where he wrote a dissertation entitled “Excellence for the Democratic Age: Liberal Education and the Mixed Regime.”

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