Bonfire of the humanities : rescuing the classics in an impoverished age / Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton.
Hanson, Victor Davis.; Heath, John, 1955-; Thornton, Bruce S.
2001
LC1011 .H257 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Bonfire of the humanities : rescuing the classics in an impoverished age / Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath, Bruce S. Thornton.
Author
Hanson, Victor Davis.
ISBN
9781882926541
1882926544
Publication Details
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2001.
Language
English
Description
373 p. ; 24 cm.
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LC1011 .H257 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.11/2/0973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Heath, John, 1955-
Thornton, Bruce S.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Academic populism and the assault on the classics
Part I: What we should not be and not do. Cultivating sophistry / Bruce S. Thornton
Socrates redux: classics in the multicultural university? / John Heath
Part II: Very bad theory. More quarreling in the muses' birdcage / John Heath
Too much ego in your cosmos / Victor Davis Hanson
The enemy is us: the "betrayal of the postmodern clerks" / Bruce S. Thornton
Part III: Elitists, careerists, and assorted opportunists. Self-promotion and the "crisis" in classics / John Heath
Who killed Homer?: the prequel / Victor Davis Hanson & John Heath
The twilight of the professors / Bruce S. Thornton
Not the unabomber / John Heath.

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