Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.
Contents:
Welcome to post-culturalism / Christopher Clausen. Liberalism and the culture: a turning of the tide? / Norman Podhoretz -- Philanthropical correctness / David Samuels -- Political correctness at Rutgers / William L. O'Neill -- Curriculum and culture: new round is opened in a scholarly fistfight / William H. Honan -- All quiet on the (post) Western front? / Clifford Orwin -- Fostering empathy and finding common ground in multiethnic classes / Steven Z. Athanases, David Christiano, and Elizabeth Lay -- Changes in America's secondary school literature programs / Sandra Stotsky -- Will zealots spell the doom of great literature? / William J. Reeves -- Contract with academia / Andrew Delbanco -- The espresso uprising / John Leo -- A museum in crisis / Stephen Budiansky -- Smithsonian suffers legionnaires' disease / Stanley Goldberg -- Fifty years under a cloud / Tom Engelhardt -- History lesson / John Wiener -- What Johnny still won't know about history / Walter A. McDougall -- Culture wars: the GOP's version of American history is "don't worry, be happy" / Eric Alterman -- Kitchens & rivers / J. Patrick Dobel -- Footnote from an integrationist / Patrick A. Hall -- Sweet land of liberties / Jerry Adler -- Welcome to post-culturalism / Christopher Clausen.
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