Literature lost : social agendas and the corruption of the humanities / John M. Ellis.

By:

Ellis, John M. (John Martin), 1936-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585371989
9780585371986
9780300144192
0300144199
0300069200
9780300069204

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Literature lost.DDC classification:

001.3/071/173 21

LOC classification:

AZ183.U5 E45 1997eb

Other classification:

10.04
AK 18000
HU 1075

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and index.

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.