In my opinion this is another veiled attack on freedom of speech in the name of "freedom of speech". Those of us who read "The closing of the American mind : how higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students" by Allan David Bloom, published in 1989, are shocked to see the fulfillment of Bloom's prophesy.
The fields of Academic Humanities and Social Studies, all over the world have long stopped being the space for free flow of ideas, different point of views, and multiple interpretation of texts. If you don't tow the current left-leaning, orthodox line, you will never be invited to join the closed faculty club. Moreover, you will be ostracized and placed under a herem, as hinted by the writer of this innocuous article. Aviva Astrinsky Representing my own opinion only --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
