Classics, the culture wars, and beyond / Eric Adler.

"Beginning with a short intellectual history of the academic culture wars, Eric Adler's book examines popular polemics including those by Allan Bloom and Dinesh D'Souza, and considers the oddly marginal role of classical studies in these conflicts. In presenting a brief history of cla...

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Main Author: Adler, Eric, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
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