Speaker Encounters
Dr. Wilfred McClay
G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at Oklahoma University
There is a growing anxiety that in today's America, we the people no longer govern. Instead, we fear that the very possibility of self-governance is gradually being taken away from us by an elite class armed with forms of expert knowledge that are beyond the reach of democratic deliberation. But such a fate is not inevitable. This lecture explores the proper role of expertise in a democratic society, and argues that the U.S. Constitution, rightly understood, provides an incomparable structure for balancing the competing claims of expertise and democratic self-rule.
The Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
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Mailing Address: Box 42019 - The Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, Lubbock, TX 79409-2019 -
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Email
steve.balch@ttu.edu