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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
July 1, 1994
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780860916789
ISBN-10
0860916782
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$24.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In the years of the ReaganâBush era, the controversy over âpolitical correctnessâ erupted on American campuses, spreading to the mainstream media as right-wing pundits like Dinesh DâSouza and Roger Kimball prosecuted their publicity campaign against progressive academics. Michael Bérubéâs brilliant new book explains how and why the political correctness furore emerged, and how the rightâs apparent stranglehold on popular opinion about the academy can be loosened.
Traversing the terrain of contemporary cultural criticism, Bérubé examines the state of cultural studies, the significance of postmodernism, the continuing debate over multicultural curricula, and the recent revisions of literary history in American studies. Also included is Bérubéâs witty and self-deprecating autobiographical reflection on why interpretive theory has emerged as an indispensable part of education in the humanities over the past decade
Public Access insists that academics must exercise more responsibility towards the publics who underwrite but often misunderstand their work and its significance. Taken seriously as a potential audience, Bérubé argues, such publics can be weaned from their present inclination to believe the distortions and half-truths peddled by the rightâs ideologues. The goal of such âpublic accessâ criticism is not just a better environment for teachers and scholars, but a world in which education itself achieves its proper place in a society committed to equality of opportunity and true critical thinking.
Traversing the terrain of contemporary cultural criticism, Bérubé examines the state of cultural studies, the significance of postmodernism, the continuing debate over multicultural curricula, and the recent revisions of literary history in American studies. Also included is Bérubéâs witty and self-deprecating autobiographical reflection on why interpretive theory has emerged as an indispensable part of education in the humanities over the past decade
Public Access insists that academics must exercise more responsibility towards the publics who underwrite but often misunderstand their work and its significance. Taken seriously as a potential audience, Bérubé argues, such publics can be weaned from their present inclination to believe the distortions and half-truths peddled by the rightâs ideologues. The goal of such âpublic accessâ criticism is not just a better environment for teachers and scholars, but a world in which education itself achieves its proper place in a society committed to equality of opportunity and true critical thinking.
Editions
Hardcover
from Verso Books (July 1, 1994)
9780860914242 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $64.95
About: This text provides an explanation of the political correctness argument: how it emerged and how right-wing pundits have used it to undermine contemporary criticism.
About: This text provides an explanation of the political correctness argument: how it emerged and how right-wing pundits have used it to undermine contemporary criticism.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Verso Books (July 1, 1994)
9780860916789 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $24.95
About: In the years of the ReaganâBush era, the controversy over âpolitical correctnessâ erupted on American campuses, spreading to the mainstream media as right-wing pundits like Dinesh DâSouza and Roger Kimball prosecuted their publicity campaign against progressive academics.
About: In the years of the ReaganâBush era, the controversy over âpolitical correctnessâ erupted on American campuses, spreading to the mainstream media as right-wing pundits like Dinesh DâSouza and Roger Kimball prosecuted their publicity campaign against progressive academics.
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