In this Book
- Manifesto of a Tenured Radical
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: NYU Press
In an age when innovative scholarly work is at an all-time high, the academy itself is being rocked by structural change. Funding is plummeting. Tenure increasingly seems a prospect for only the elite few. Ph.D.'s are going begging for even adjunct work. Into this tumult steps Cary Nelson, with a no- holds-barred account of recent developments in higher education.
Eloquent and witty, Manifesto of a Tenured Radical urges academics to apply the theoretical advances of the last twenty years to an analysis of their own practices and standards of behavior. In the process, Nelson offers a devastating critique of current inequities and a detailed proposal for change in the form of A Twelve-Step Program for Academia.
Table of Contents

- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- Part I: The Politics of English
- Part II: The Academy and the Culture Debates
- 7: Hate Speech and Political Correctness
- pp. 115-125
- Part III: Lessons From the Job Wars
- Bibliography
- pp. 231-237
- About the Author
- p. 245
Additional Information
Copyright
1997