| 词条 | Bruce Thornton |
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BiographyThornton received a Bachelor of Arts in Latin from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1975, and a PhD in Comparative Literature in 1983. He had studied Greek, Latin, and English literature for his doctorate.[2] Currently Thornton is research fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow (2009–2010 and 2010–2011) at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Thornton has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He also appeared on ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, and is a contributor to the conservative website CaliforniaRepublic.org.[2] Thornton lives in Fresno with his wife and two sons.[2] WorkHistoryThornton has described his opinions as opposed to the dominant, mainstream historical tradition about the Enlightenment. He is an admirer of historian Christopher Dawson. He also subscribes to the 'Athens versus Jerusalem' thesis of Leo Strauss, in which the interplay between classical Greek ideologies of rationality and the Judaeo-Christian spiritual philosophies resulted in the creation of Western civilization.[3] Europe{{see also|Eurabia}}Thornton believes that the declining belief in interpersonal ideals such as national pride and in religious ideals such as Christianity has led non-American Westerners to either substitute "political religions" such as communism and fascism into their lives or abandon having moral ideals altogether. This, in his opinion, weakens them against pressure from threats such as increasing immigration to Europe by Muslims that have higher birth rates than native Europeans. He has said, "If all of their goods are material, right, what material good is worth dying for and what material good is worth killing for?"[3] Thornton was a strong critic of the Obama administration. He wrote on February 10, 2009: {{quote|So far, we have heard nothing from the Obama team that suggests they will be any more successful than previous administrations in thwarting the designs of our enemies. Instead, look for more talk, more summits, even more agreements that, in the end, will leave us weaker and our enemies stronger.[4]}}In June 2015 Thornton published an article lamenting, what Thornton saw as, the takeover of American academia by followers of Edward Said.[5] PublicationsThornton has published several well-received books.[2]
Thornton has written for numerous publications including National Review Online, Heterodoxy, The National Herald{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}, The Washington Times, The Los Angeles Times, Helios Magazine{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}, Arion, The Jewish Press, The San Francisco Examiner, The American Enterprise, The University Bookman{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}}, Religious Studies Review, Intercollegiate Review, The American Journal of Philology,[2] City Journal,[7] and FrontPage Magazine.[8] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hoover.org/fellows/9018 |title=Hoover Institution Research Fellow: Biography |accessdate=2011-10-27 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Hoover Institution |pages= |language= |doi= |quote= }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 Biography {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814195326/http://www.fresnostate.net/Classics/Biographies.htm |date=August 14, 2006 }}. California State University, Fresno: Bruce Thornton's page at Fresno State. Accessed October 31, 2014. 3. ^1 Peter Robinson interviews Fresno State Classicist Bruce Thornton about his new book Decline and Fall: Europe's Slow Suicide {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011193127/http://www.hoover.org/multimedia/uk/16782686.html |date=October 11, 2008 }}. Hoover Institution: Uncommon Knowledge. Filmed on March 6, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2009. 4. ^{{cite web|title=Foreign Policy as Magical Thinking|first=Bruce|last=Thornton|publisher=FrontPage Magazine|url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=33977|date=February 10, 2009|accessdate=August 19, 2009}} 5. ^www.frontpagemag.com 6. ^Hoover Institutin: Democracy's Dangers and Discontents 7. ^{{cite web|publisher=City Journal|url=http://www.city-journal.org/author_index.php?author=584|title=Bruce S. Thornton|accessdate=August 19, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001131127/http://www.city-journal.org/author_index.php?author=584|archivedate=October 1, 2009|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://frontpagemag.com/bioAuthor.aspx?AUTHID=3149|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709060157/http://frontpagemag.com/bioAuthor.aspx?AUTHID=3149|dead-url=yes|archive-date=July 9, 2012|title=Bruce Thornton|publisher=FrontPage Magazine|accessdate=August 19, 2009}} External links
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