The Resource The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies, Robert Boyers
The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies, Robert Boyers
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- Summary
- "Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider's look at shifts in American culture--most especially in the American academy--that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers's collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines." -- inside front book jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982127183
- Label
- The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies
- Title
- The tyranny of virtue
- Title remainder
- identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Boyers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider's look at shifts in American culture--most especially in the American academy--that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers's collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines." -- inside front book jacket flap
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyers, Robert
- Dewey number
- 179/.9
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BJ1431
- LC item number
- .B69 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Toleration
- Political correctness
- Identity politics
- Liberalism
- Education, Higher
- Label
- The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies, Robert Boyers
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- 31223131091788
- 31223131091796
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982127183
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119389912
- Label
- The tyranny of virtue : identity, the academy, and the hunt for political heresies, Robert Boyers
- Bar code
-
- 31223131091788
- 31223131091796
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xx, 170 pages
- Isbn
- 9781982127183
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1119389912
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