Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher EducationSince Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved the status of a minor classic. Trenchant and witty, it lays bare the sham of what now passes for serious teaching and research in the humanities at American universities Mr. Kimball names his enemies precisely....This book will breed fistfights.--Roger Rosenblatt, New York Times Book Review. All persons serious about education should see it.--Allan Bloom, author of The Closing of the American Mind |
Contents
Speaking Against the Humanities | 34 |
The October Syndrome | 76 |
The Case of Paul de Man | 96 |
Copyright | |
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