Cold breezes and idiot winds patriotic correctness and the post-9/11 assault on academe

Cold breezes and idiot winds patriotic correctness and the post-9/11 assault on academe

After 9/11, rightists capitalized on an atmosphere of fear and confusion to resuscitate the culture wars of the 1990s and once again targeted the academy. Using tactics reminiscent of the McCarthy era, religious firebrands, militant neoconservatives, and free market fundamentalists engaged in a conc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Scatamburlo-D Annibale, Valerie
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam, Boston SensePublishers c2011.
Series:Transgressions: cultural studies and education v.70
Subjects:
Right-wing extremists > United States.
Academic freedom > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access