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Cold Breezes and Idiot Winds
Patriotic Correctness and the Post-9/11 Assault on Academe
Series: - Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, Volume: 70
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After 9/11, rightists capitalized on an atmosphere of fear and confusion to resuscitate the âculture warsâ of the 1990s and once again targeted the academy. Using tactics reminiscent of the McCarthy era, religious firebrands, militant neoconservatives, and free market fundamentalists engaged in a concerted effort to silence voices critical of the âwar on terrorâ and liken legitimate dissent to treason. Brandishing a discourse of âpatriotic correctnessâ (PC) that was informed by American âexceptionalism,â Christian nationalism, anti-intellectualism, and virulent anti-liberalism, this coalition portrayed the professoriate as a dangerous cabal seeking the demise of âWestern civilization.â
In Cold Breezes and Idiot Winds, Scatamburlo-DâAnnibale explains why the most recent assault on academe must be understood in relation to the rightâs broader offensive against liberalism. For decades, conservatives have worked diligently to construct a network of foundations, think tanks, and campus organizations dedicated to demonizing progressive thought, the legacy of the New Deal era, and the democratic social reforms of the 1960s. The author provides a detailed examination of this ideological infrastructure and how it advanced the agenda of PC post-9/11. She explores how the campaign for PC was aided and abetted by a right-wing media apparatus, how it continues to threaten academic freedom on campuses, and how it is currently infecting the larger body politic and contributing to the increased toxicity of the nationâs public dialogue.
While purveyors of PC often invoke âculture warâ rhetoric, Scatamburlo-DâAnnibale adroitly reveals that their ultimate aim is to protect corporate power from any form of democratic accountability.
In Cold Breezes and Idiot Winds, Scatamburlo-DâAnnibale explains why the most recent assault on academe must be understood in relation to the rightâs broader offensive against liberalism. For decades, conservatives have worked diligently to construct a network of foundations, think tanks, and campus organizations dedicated to demonizing progressive thought, the legacy of the New Deal era, and the democratic social reforms of the 1960s. The author provides a detailed examination of this ideological infrastructure and how it advanced the agenda of PC post-9/11. She explores how the campaign for PC was aided and abetted by a right-wing media apparatus, how it continues to threaten academic freedom on campuses, and how it is currently infecting the larger body politic and contributing to the increased toxicity of the nationâs public dialogue.
While purveyors of PC often invoke âculture warâ rhetoric, Scatamburlo-DâAnnibale adroitly reveals that their ultimate aim is to protect corporate power from any form of democratic accountability.
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