A Conversation with Jacques Barzun (2010)

A conversation with Jacques Barzun, hosted by Jack Jackson, Sept. 12, 2010, SoL (Source of Light) Center, University Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, TX. Uploaded with the permission of Jacques Barzun and Jack Jackson.

For more about Barzun, read Michael Murray, Jacques Barzun: Portrait of a Mind (Beil, 2011). bit.ly/​loM16A

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[Leo Wong]

Yes, more than once in interview, JB mentions liking Family Circus.

[Leo Wong]

You're very welcome. Michael Murray's biography of JB to be published in November 2011.

[Leo Wong]

Don't be sad: people also see the video on Vimeo.

[ZDLR221]

R.I.P. Jacques Barzun

[Anubis Foucault]

We will never forget you, Barzun.

[Jan96106]

He's right: passion activates personal voice in writing. You can tell when a writer has put his heart into what he has written.

[ped200014]

A man of endless contradiction. None more my favorite than his astute derision of "amiable stupidity" that is utterly lost on his gushers.

[VictorLepanto]

Well, what we call Western Civilisation is a restoration of a more ancient Classical Civilisation. The largely Latin & Greek based Classical culture was a broader catagory then Western EUROPEAN Civlisation. That is the WEST we mean when we talk about Western Civlisation. The Greeks were declining even as their culture was being made universal by the conquering Romans. Perhaps the WEST is experiencing a further universalization process, even as they betray that culture internally.

[remtze]

MICHAEL.....,THE CULTURE WE DESERVE IS BARZUN .....,YOU TALK TO MUCH......PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NEXT TIME GREETINGS FROM THE NEW SURVIVAL SCHOOL

[duda hz]

what a imbecil this jack jackson! pass the microfone for Barzun and stop wasting time!

[efrem1]

Family Circus is mentioned!! RIP Bil Keane. Want to know more about Barzun.  Interersting conversation.