The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for

The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political Heresies

From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, a thought-provoking volume of nine essays that elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition.

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 insiderâ€™s look at shifts in American cultureâ€”most especially in the American academyâ€”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, Boyersâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-09-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982127183

Country	USA
Brand	SCRIBNER
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2019-09-24
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781982127183

The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political Heresies

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