Manifesto of a Tenured Radical. Cary Nelson
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MANIFESTO OF A TENURED RADICAL
CULTURAL FRONT
GENERAL EDITOR: MICHAEL BÉRUBÉ
MANIFESTO OF A TENURED RADICAL
CARY NELSON
MANIFESTO OF A TENURED RADICAL
CARY NELSON
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York and London
Copyright © 1997 by New York University
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nelson, Cary.
Manifesto of a tenured radical / Cary Nelson.
p. cm. — (Cultural front)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8147-5794-4 (clothbound : alk. paper).—ISBN
0-8147-5797-9 (paperbound : alk. paper)
1. Education, Higher —Aims and objectives—United States.
2. English philology—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States.
3. Humanities—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States.
4. Critical pedagogy—United States. 5. Canon (Literature)
6. College teachers—Tenure—United States. 7. Education, Higher
—Political aspects—United States. I. Title. II. Series.
LA227.4.N45 1997
378.73—dc21 96-51305
CIP
New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability.
Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
I THE POLITICS OF ENGLISH
THEORY AND THE POLITICS OF THE DISCIPLINE
2. MULTICULTURALISM WITHOUT GUARANTEES
FROM ANTHOLOGIES TO THE SOCIAL TEXT
3. RELATIVISM, POLITICS, AND ETHICS
WRITING LITERARY HISTORY IN THE SHADOW OF POSTSTRUCTURALISM
4. ALWAYS ALREADY CULTURAL STUDIES
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND A MANIFESTO
II THE ACADEMY AND THE CULTURE DEBATES
5. PROGRESSIVE PEDAGOGY WITHOUT APOLOGIES
THE CULTURAL WORK OF TEACHING NONCANONICAL POETRY
AN EVENING WITH WILLIAM BENNETT, LYNNE CHENEY, AND DINESH D’SOUZA
7. HATE SPEECH AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
8. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE PUT THE LEFT AT THE CENTER?
III LESSONS FROM THE JOB WARS
9. DICHOTOMY IS WHERE THE MONEY IS
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
10. LATE CAPITALISM ARRIVES ON CAMPUS
THE CORPORATE UNIVERSITY’S EXPENDABLE EMPLOYEES
A TWELVE-STEP PROGRAM FOR ACADEMIA
12. REACTION AND RESISTANCE AT YALE AND THE MLA
UNION ORGANIZING AND THE JOB MARKET
MANIFESTO OF A TENURED RADICAL
INTRODUCTION
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