Privilege Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class

Name: Privilege Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class
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ISBN: 9781401307554

ISBN-10: 1401307558

ISBN-13: 9781401307554

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Authors: Ross Gregory Douthat

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Part memoir, part social critique, Privilege is an absorbing assessment of one of the world's most celebrated universities: Harvard. In this sharp, insightful account, Douthat evaluates his social and academic education--most notably, his frustrations with pre-established social hierarchies and the trumping of intellectual rigor by political correctness and personal ambition. The book addresses the spectacles of his time there, such as the embezzlement scandal at the Hasty Pudding Theatricals and Professor Cornel West's defection to Princeton. He also chronicles the more commonplace but equally revealing experiences, including social climbing, sexual relations, and job hunting. While the…

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List price: $21.99
Publisher: Hyperion Press
Publication date: 3/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.19" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Prologue



The Fall of Straus B-32



The Old Boys' Club



The Strange Career of Suzanne Pomey



Approaches to Knowledge



Love Stories



Safe Sex



The Liberal Civil War



The Last Summer



The Days After