Debating P. C. The Controversy over Political Correctness on College Campuses

Name: Debating P. C. The Controversy over Political Correctness on College Campuses
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ISBN: 9780385315333

ISBN-10: 0385315333

ISBN-13: 9780385315333

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Authors: Paul Berman, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dinesh D'Souza, Catharine R. Stimpson, George F. Will

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The debate over "P.C." at America's universities is the most important discussion in American education today and has grown into a major national controversy raging on the covers of our top magazines and news shows. This provocative anthology gives voice to the top thinkers of our time, liberal and conservative, as they tackle the question. From the multicultural perspective of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who argues passionately for more diversity, to the erudition of Irving Howe, who stresses the profound value of the literary canon, this exciting collection is required reading for thinking Americans ... and for everyone concerned with the future of higher education and the shaping of young…

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List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/4/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990



Introduction: The Debate and Its Origins




Debating Political Correctness



The Big Chill? Interview with Dinesh D'Souza




On Differences: Modern Language Association Presidential Address 1990




The Periphery v. the Center: The MLA in Chicago




The Storm over the University




Public Image Limited: Political Correctness and the Media's Big Lie




Politics and the Canon



The Value of the Canon




The Politics of Knowledge




Whose Canon Is It, Anyway?




Why Do We Read?




Free Speech and Speech Codes



"Speech Codes" on the Campus and Problems of Free Speech




Freedom of Hate Speech




There's No Such Thing as Free Speech and It's a Good Thing, Too




Texas Shoot-Out



The Statement of the Black Faculty Caucus




Radical English




Critics of Attempts to Democratize the Curriculum Are Waging a Campaign to Misrepresent the Work of Responsible Professors




The Public Schools



Multiculturalism: E Pluribus Plures




Multiculturalism: An Exchange




Diverse Views



The Prospect Before Us




P.C. Rider




Diverse New World




The Challenge for the Left