Matthew Stewart

Academic Questions

April 24, 2024

Do Generations Truly Differ?

Matthew Stewart

A review of psychologist Jean M. Twenge’s magnum opus Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future, which de......

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May 8, 2023

Where to the Woke?

Matthew Stewart

An academic activist, a center-right journalist, and a university president have each authored recent books explaining the rise of woke progressivism at American universities.

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July 22, 2022

Are Millennials Really That Dumb?

Matthew Stewart

A review of "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults," by Mark Bauerlein, Regnery Gateway, 2022, pp. 310, $29.99, hardbound.

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February 25, 2021

The Meaning of Diversity

Matthew Stewart

Two new books on “diversity” provide Matthew Stewart an opportunity to explore this ubiquitous term, and why its meaning has become “thin, restricted, tendentious and overly politici......

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September 30, 2020

Identity Politics and the New Culture Wars: Causes and Effects

Matthew Stewart

Two recent books using different methods attempt to address the question most asked by those flummoxed at the illiberal takeover of intellectual life: how did this happen?

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July 2, 2020

Is Our Crowd Mad?

Matthew Stewart

Though he does denounce progressive activist terms, Douglas Murray is more concerned with how the rest of society is forced to live with the results. 

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