Literature lost :
Ellis, John M. 1936-
Literature lost : social agendas and the corruption of the humanities / John M. Ellis. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c1997. - vii, 262 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-256) and index.
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? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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.
0300069200 (alk. paper)
96037680
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation.--United States
Humanities--Political aspects--United States.
Political correctness--United States.
Humanities--History.--United States
AZ183.U5 / E45 1997
Literature lost : social agendas and the corruption of the humanities / John M. Ellis. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c1997. - vii, 262 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-256) and index.
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? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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.
0300069200 (alk. paper)
96037680
Humanities--Study and teaching (Higher)--Evaluation.--United States
Humanities--Political aspects--United States.
Political correctness--United States.
Humanities--History.--United States
AZ183.U5 / E45 1997