Hauser has disappeared from classrooms and reading lists at North American universities. His ideas about art and society are not debated, The Social History of Art and The Philosophy of Art History are not read.  Hauser’s books, which most university libraries still carry in multiple copies—an indication of the high demand that once existed for them—now gather dust on library shelves. The Social History of Art has been reprinted seven times since the 1960s, most recently in 1999, in a new edition introduced by the British art historian Jonathan Harris. [1] Obviously Hauser’s work retains a readership, but not in the North American academy.