Tenured Radicals

Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught and studied at American universities. Trenchant and witty, it lays bare the sham of what now passes for serious academic pursuit in too many circles. In [...]
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Since Tenured Radicals first appeared in 1990, it has achieved a stature as the leading critique of the ways in which the humanities are now taught and studied at American universities. Trenchant and witty, it lays bare the sham of what now passes for serious academic pursuit in too many circles. In this new edition, completely reset, Roger Kimball has brought the text up to date and has added a new Introduction. Those who have never read Tenured Radicals are in for a treat; others may find a second reading worth their while. OMr. Kimball names his enemies precisely_. This book will breed fistfights.O_Roger Rosenblatt, New York Times Book Review. OAll persons serious about education should see it.O_Allan Bloom, author of The Closing of the American Mind. OTenured Radicals is a withering critique.O_Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World. OA bravado performance of critical journalism_a vivid, up-to-the-minute account, alternately amusing and dismaying, of the takeover of the academy by ideology.O_Robert Alter, Newsday. OA stinging account_. The commonsense approach of Tenured Radicals provokes constant reflections and occasional laughter at the squirming victims.O_Roger Shattuck, author of The Banquet Years.