In his recent book The Revolt Against the Masses, Frederick Siegel indicts modern American liberalism for elitism toward ordinary Americans, their values and culture, and blames liberals for many of the problems plaguing American Society today. Taking off from Siegel's book, the panelists will respond to his critique, discuss liberalism's history, and evaluate its future prospects.

Participants

• Frederick Siegel

  Scholar in Residence

  St. Francis College in Brooklyn

• Eric Foner

  DeWitt Clinton Professor of History

  Columbia University

• Ira Katznelson

  Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History

  Columbia University

• Anne Kornhauser

  Assistant Professor of History

  City College of New York, City University of New York

• Judith Stein

  Distinguished Professor of History

  The Graduate Center, City University of New York