Humanism and Education

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Jun 3, 2026 · 16m

In “Humanism and Education” (Chalcedon Report No. 54), Rushdoony argues that modern vandalism, campus unrest, and the collapse of public education are not random social failures but the visible signs of a dying religion—humanism—which once enthroned man as god and the state school as his church. He traces this faith to Horace Mann’s belief that public education could save society and usher in a utopia, a promise disproven by rising crime, cultural decay, and deep hatred toward schools and educators, now attacked by humanism’s own children. As humanism fails to deliver peace, moral order, or…