| After Political Correctness: The Humanities And Society In The 1990s Contributor(s): Newfield, Christopher (Author), Strickland, Ronald (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0813323371 ISBN-13: 9780813323374 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. Contending that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines, causing university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight, the contributors see the PC debates as a struggle over the very purposes of higher education in the United States. Ronald Strickland and Christopher Newfield have assembled the best and brightest from across the academic disciplines for disclosure on the future of higher education in light of PC. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Education | Higher - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 001.3 |
| LCCN: 94-33692 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Series: Politics & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.01" W x 9.23" (1.31 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. Contending that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines, causing university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight, the contributors see the PC debates as a struggle over the very purposes of higher education in the United States. Ronald Strickland and Christopher Newfield have assembled the best and brightest from across the academic disciplines for disclosure on the future of higher education in light of PC. |