Harry Clor (1929 - 2018), Liberal Educator
August 31, 2018 · Books & Arts, Web Only, culture
Fred Baumann remembers the Kenyon College professor who wrote the book on moderation.
Political Scientist and Cultural Essayist
Fred Baumann
5 articles 2006–2018
Fred Baumann is a professor of political science at Kenyon College. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard on culture, music, and political thought, with a particular interest in Mozart and the arts. He also wrote tributes to fellow scholars, including political theorist Harry Clor.
You Know Who Else Hated Cultural Appropriation?
August 7, 2017 · cultural appropriation, colleges and universities, Today's Blogs
When I read that the University of Michigan was hiring a “Bias Incident Prevention and Response Coordinator” for the purpose of “[enacting] cultural appropriation prevention initiatives,” I wrote a letter to university president Mark Schlissel, which I pretty well knew was unlikely to reach his…
Amadeus on Stage
February 9, 2009 · Fred Baumann, Magazine, Books and Arts
Mozart's Operas
Turning Point
November 6, 2006 · Fred Baumann, Magazine, Books and Arts
Fred Baumann on the German rehearsal for genocide.
Mozart's Gift
January 30, 2006 · Fred Baumann, Magazine, Books and Arts
IN BEYOND Good and Evil, Nietzsche rejoices that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste . . . still speaks to us" and warns that "alas, some day all this will be gone."