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Jacques Barzun taught at Columbia University for 48 years starting in the 1920s after immigrating from France post-WWI
He argues universities abandoned their core mission when business created a 'credentials society' demanding specific diplomas over general intelligence
Barzun views modern art since 1920 as intentionally transgressive and 'pedagogical'—designed to shock audiences into better perception
He identifies excessive self-consciousness and distrust of genuine feeling as the 20th century's psychological disease, undermining heroism and conviction
He expresses hope for electronic music to create genuinely new art forms by connecting innovation to human feeling and perception
In this video, Congress MP and author Dr. Shashi Tharoor breaks down the historical legacy, colonial complexities, and modern diplomacy behind the Battle of Haifa (1918), expanding on his lead article in The Hindu.