This volume brings together for the first time more than two dozen
of Daphne PataiOs incisive and at times satirical essays dealing
with the academic and intellectual orthodoxies of our time. Patai
draws on her years of experience in an increasingly bizarre
academic world, where a stifling politicization threatens genuine
teaching and learning. Addressing the rise of feminist dogma, the
domination of politics over knowledge, the shoddy thinking and
moralizing that hide behind identity politics, and the degradation
of scholarship, her essays offer a resounding defense of liberal
values. Patai takes aim at the unctuous and also dangerous
posturing that has brought us restrictive speech codes, harassment
policies, and a vigilante atmosphere, while suppressing plain
speaking about crucial issues. But these trenchant essays are not
limited to academic life, for the ideas and practices popularized
there have spread far beyond campus borders. Included are two new
pieces written especially for this volume, one on the bullying
tactics of a famous feminist and the other on Islamic
fundamentalism.
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