Says UCLA Prof: I was Wrong- Jargon and Poor Reasoning Won the Day


In 1987, Russell Jacoby, then a leftist professor at UCLA, published a book.  It was called, " The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe". 

During the 80s a number of conservatives raised alarms at the fast growing number of radicals on campus and their influence. The thesis of the book was that the Marxists, Maoists, etc. on campus were so unsocial and their writings so unreadable that they would not be triumph in the larger American culture.  

Having witnessed the current state of culture, Jacoby realizes he made a bad mistake. The radicals, with their jargon and poorly reasoned ideas (Jacoby is still a leftist but dislikes jargon and poor reasoning) had gained great influence.

His thoughts about why he was wrong are here.

 

 

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