{"product_id":"9781625347596-making-the-radical-univ","title":"Making the Radical University","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdentity and Politics on the American College Campus, 1966-1991\u003cbr\u003eDetails how American universities became a battleground for identity politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. Focusing on two case studies at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, this book examines how curricular changes led to polarizing discussions around academic standards and identity politics.\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s, professors, students, and activists on the political Left viewed college curricula as useful sites for political transformation. They coordinated efforts to alter general education requirements at the college level to foster change in American thought, with greater openness toward people who had previously been excluded, including women, people of color, the poor and working classes, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community. Their work reshaped American culture and politics, while prompting a significant backlash from conservatives attempting to, in their view, protect classical education from modern encroachment. \u003cp\u003e Elizabeth M. Kalbfleisch details how American universities became a battleground for identity politics from the 1960s through the 1980s. Focusing on two case studies at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, \u003ci\u003eMaking the Radical University\u003c\/i\u003e examines how curricular changes led to polarizing discussions nationwide around academic standards and identity politics, including the so-called canon wars. Today, these debates have only become more politically charged, complex, and barbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41558765895777,"sku":"9781625347596","price":28.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_37783735.jpg?v=1763019226","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781625347596-making-the-radical-univ","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}