Brenda wrote: > I just requested a copy because I would like to see if/how they draw the line > from 60's Marxist ideology to today's campus. That particular connection is > not evident from what is listed on the web site.
Did you read the introduction? Where I make the connection is in the concerted efforts of many in academia since the 60s, again mostly in the liberal arts and social sciences, to actively root out individuality and individual opinion (totalitarian, Orwell), to "re-educate" students to think of themselves as a "group" (collectivism, Orwell), to demonize, suppress or outlaw opinion that does not agree with the proscribed ideology of the collective, (see the incidents they cite of students on a number of campuses recently being banned from displaying American flags or slogans, having pro-American rallies) etc. I know these are not strictly found within the works of Karl Marx, but using "Marxism" in the context that it came to be known with regard to oppressive Communist, totalitarian systems, I think there is a direct connection, which again, found its genesis in the ideologies and agendas of Marxist teachers on American campuses in the 60s. You mentioned that you did not experience any of this in college in the 80s, and I wonder if maybe that influence was dampened a bit in the Reagan years. Wasn't being a preppie/yuppie kind of the "in" thing at that point? Maybe certain teachers felt a little buried in the "capitalist" avalanche of those years ;-) I mentioned to Kate that I would research more evidence to support my points but that it would take some time. I cannot write a total thesis on this overnight or provide you with extensive examples immediately. What concerns me, however, is that even if I did send reams of reams of evidence, it would not convince some people and then I have to go around and around again. It's not the end of the world for me not to have people believe it's true. I wish more people would acknowledge it, even though it may go against their ideals, but at some point it's maybe just something people have to come to know on their own. Kakki
