Literature lost : social agendas and the corruption of the humanities

Responsibility
John M. Ellis.
Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1997.
Physical description
1 online resource (vii, 262 pages)

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Author/Creator
Ellis, John M. (John Martin), 1936-

Contents/Summary

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and index.
Contents
  • The origins of political correctness
  • The diversity of literature
  • Gender, politics, and criticism
  • The academic politics of race
  • Class and perfect egalitarianism
  • Activism and knowledge
  • Power, objectivity, and PC logic
  • Is theory to blame?
  • How did it all happen, and what comes next?
Summary
In the span of less than a generation, university humanities departments have experienced an almost unbelievable reversal of attitudes, now attacking and undermining what had previously been considered best and most worthy in the Western tradition. John M. Ellis here scrutinizes the new regime in humanistic studies. He offers a careful, intelligent analysis that exposes the weaknesses of notions that are fashionable in humanities today. In a clear voice, with forceful logic, he speaks out against the orthodoxy that has installed race, gender, and class perspectives at the center of college humanities curricula.
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Publication date
1997
ISBN
0585371989 (electronic bk.)
9780585371986 (electronic bk.)
9780300144192 (electronic bk.)
0300144199 (electronic bk.)
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