Reviews for What's behind the attack on politically correct?

The average rating for What's behind the attack on politically correct? based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-03 00:00:00 Sarah Bud In America it is common to find Heidegger on the shelf next to Hegel! This book is a cogent account of theory in U.S. universities at a "turn" near the years 1975-1985. The book does a number of things very well, and deserves much time and thought. one part of the book which I find very valuable (as i am part of the Left and not a part of universities) is that it compares the status and political content of now fashionable theory--Deleuze, Foucault, Kristeva, Arendt and Derrida-- against those that I see are mostly used as a counter-example to rotten opinions and Americanisms of today-- Edward Said, Stuart Hall, Bourdieu in the 70s as well as Gramsci and Luxembourg. This book also argues against the media narrative that theory is inconsequential, and that it is generally left wing, instead of right wing or Nazi. I would like to write more later.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-17 00:00:00 Derek Viall Over intellectual look into leftist politics post-Reagan and how it changed. Uses terms like "theory" and "intellectual" to mean Marxism (I think), and therefore tends to over expound rather than describe his case. Maybe I'm just not that smart, but I didn't understand many of his terms and references.