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ERIC Number: EJ396752
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Scholars in the Humanities Are Disheartened by the Course of Debate over Their Disciplines.
Coghlin, Ellen K.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n2 pA1,14-15 Sep 13 1989
Academic humanists have been hearing that too much of their research and teaching was politicized, trivialized by a fascination with popular culture, and preoccupied with questions of race, gender, and class. The most frequent target of critics are literary theorists and others farthest from traditional subjects and approaches. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Conflict, Conservatism, Debate, Higher Education, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Liberalism, Literary Criticism, Persuasive Discourse, Research, Scholarship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Council of Learned Societies; Speaking for the Humanities