UnCivil University

Intolerance on College Campuses

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvGary A. Tobin,Aryeh Kaufmann Weinberg,Jenna Ferer

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In the name of academic freedom, the core values of higher education—honest scholarship, unbiased research, and diversity of thought and person—have been corrupted by an academy more interested in preserving its privileges than in protecting its own integrity. The American university has lost its civility. Nowhere is this loss more apparent than in the rise of anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism on college campuses. This book documents the alarming rise in bigotry and bullying in the academy, using a range of evidence from first-hand accounts of intimidation of students by anti-Israel professors to anti-Semitic articles in student newspapers and marginalization of pro-Israel scholars. The UnCivil University exposes the unspoken world of double standards, bureaucratic paralysis, and abdication of leadership that not only allows but often supports a vocal minority of extremists on campus.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-05-16
Mått155 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt551 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLexington Books
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739132678

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Gary A. Tobin was president of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR) and director of the Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University for fourteen years. His books include Jewish Perceptions of Anti-Semitism, Rabbis Talk about Intermarriage, and The Trouble with Textbooks. Aryeh Kaufmann Weinberg is a research associate at IJCR. Jenna Ferer is a former research associate at IJCR.

Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Introduction (Revised Edition)Chapter 4 1. Something Amiss in Higher EducationChapter 5 2. Defining the Civil UniversityChapter 6 3. The Emergence of the Uncivil UniversityChapter 7 4. The Persistent PrejudiceChapter 8 5. Ideology and PropagandaChapter 9 6. Uncivil Politics and Campus MisconductChapter 10 7. Reclaiming the Civil UniversityChapter 11 8. Conclusion (Revised Edition)Chapter 12 The Uncivil University Illustrated

The UnCivil University is one of those rare books that shines a light on a problem that many have been too blind to see or too ashamed to acknowledge—namely, the rise in anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism on the American college campus. Gary Tobin and his colleagues document this troubling development with meticulous care, showing how at many leading universities a small but aggressive minority has succeeded in sowing hatred for Israel and hostility toward Jewish students and faculty who dare to defend the only free and democratic state in the Middle East. This is a timely book, because the agents of bigotry and unreason on the campus have advanced very far toward their goal of closing down enlightened debate on the future of the Middle East. If they succeed, all of us—Jews and gentiles alike—who believe in the ideals of pluralism and rational discourse will be the losers. The publication of this volume represents an important step in restoring a civil and enlightened university.