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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Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Scatamburlo-D Annibale, Valerie
Format: Electronic Resource
Langue:English
Publié: Rotterdam, Boston SensePublishers c2011.
Collection:Transgressions: cultural studies and education v.70
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access