What's liberal about the liberal arts?
Subtitle: classroom politics and "bias" in higher education
By: Michael Bérubé
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States; Education, Humanistic -- United States; Liberalism -- United States; Political correctness -- United States
Description: "In this book, Allan Bloom's not only offers a definitive rebuttal of conservative activists' most incendiary claims about American universities but also provides a glimpse into his own classroom. Along the way, he tackles the three-headed hydra of "race, class, and gender" and the catch-all bogeyman of postmodernism, offering an entertaining and thought-provoking tour of these concepts that demonstrates their undeniable importance in American intellectual life. The portraits he paints of students wrestling with literature, with one another, and with their demanding teacher reveal a complex and compelling reality that speaks volumes about the continued relevance and vitality of liberal education in America."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index
Table of contents: title: Reasonable disagreements; title: Conservative complaints; title: In the liberal faculty lounge; title: Students in and out of class; title: Race, class, gender; title: Postmoderism; title: More liberalism