Is it possible to achieve the things that the Sexual Revolution wants? Or is it just a bid for power? What is the history of the theories, and where do
these ideas come from?
Scott is a professor of political science at Boise State University. He lives near Boise with his wife, Amy. They have five kids, one out of college and
married, two in college, one senior in high school (Lumpy), and a sixth grader (Biscuit). Scott is also chairman of the board at a classical Christian
school, the Ambrose School, which is in Meridian, Idaho. He is the author of Family Politics: the Idea of Marriage in Modern Political Thought,
David Hume’s Humanity,
a book on Reconstruction, and a forthcoming book published by Baylor University Press entitled Recovering Family Life: The Rolling Revolution and Its Limits,
publishing in summer 2020.
Audio of this podcast is available here: Listen
Resources:
- “The Form and Function of the American Family,” National Affairs
- “Sex, Gender, and the Origin of the Culture Wars: An Intellectual History,” Heritage Foundation
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