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Reader comment on item: [The University of] California [Press] vs. Academic Freedom

Submitted by Greg Wimpey (United States), Apr 7, 2004 at 00:02

I was struck by some of your quotations from the U of C Press catalog. You complain that "[p]ositive studies, in contrast, celebrate leftist and insurgent institutions." One of the books you cite is Taking Back the Streets. I haven't read this book (and neither have you, I wager), but I did find the U of C catalog online. The catalog entry (http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9207.html) says in part "...this book portrays women and young people from Argentina, Chile, and Spain as emblematic of others around the world in their public appeals for direct democracy. " Reading your article, I was left with the impression that this book was somehow associated with street protests or riots in the United States, not protests against Franco or the Argentinian juntas.

Regardless, you maintain that somehow the U of C press only finds "wisdom in only one part of the political spectrum." Are there conservative authors being turned down? Are there conservative authors in academia going without a place to publish? I don't know, and from your article, I am not enlightened further.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
College Campuses: Big Tents for Politics [24 words]D.May 2, 2005 16:4121939
Bias regarding books being published in California Press [27 words]Robt PollockApr 8, 2004 14:2514561
Quick to judge? [176 words]Greg WimpeyApr 7, 2004 00:0214513
it's a trickle-down phenomenon [143 words]William MeyerApr 6, 2004 01:3614493
Calif.vs.Academic Freedom, Art. No. 1688 [68 words]S.C.PandaApr 4, 2004 06:1814477
Liberal Bias is Pervasive [162 words]Reuben HorneApr 1, 2004 22:0714458
Thank you -- from a grateful reader [277 words]Sandy RichardsApr 1, 2004 02:4414450
California vs. Academic Freedom [158 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
RichardMar 31, 2004 14:1614442
College books [3 words]Tom WillisMar 31, 2004 10:0914440
What is conservative? [229 words]Jake FisherMar 31, 2004 08:5014438
"Just" a partial meltdown? [233 words]G.Mar 30, 2004 23:4714432
The connection between book publication and the classroom [185 words]Will SmytheMar 30, 2004 21:0514431
No surprises [216 words]Darwin BarrettMar 30, 2004 19:2814430
Paying for college [52 words]Susan FishmanMar 30, 2004 18:4714428
Too many leftists books from Cal? [159 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Steven AbramsMar 30, 2004 16:5214427
University publications. [29 words]Lou NewmanMar 30, 2004 15:1114424
Just a thought [37 words]Jack CaughranMar 30, 2004 12:1214421

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