Robert D. Newman

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How can the humanities help restore the centrality of the public good, an essential step toward the collective action necessary for combating our current constitutional and ecological crises?

Adapted from a keynote address given at North Carolina Central University, Robert D. Newman’s essay on

How should humanities institutions and practitioners respond to ongoing challenges to their value and significance?

Recently, a good friend who has practiced and taught transcendental meditation for many years told me a story about a trip to India on the occasion of the death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, his teacher, the one who famously instructed the Beatles during the 1960s.