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Nevertheless, the intellectual capitulation that I have outlined may
prove to be an early indicator of genuine change. It may be that because
of the repositionings taking place, the atmosphere of coercion dominat–
ing the universities and other cultural institutions will eventually begin to
dissipate. In the meantime, disavowals of anti-humanism, anti-canonicity,
or anti-traditionalism deserve skeptical scrutiny. Rather than being signs
that the prodigals are returning to the fold, these retreats tend to be self–
serving gestures calculated to preserve rather than weaken prevailing co–
ercive orthodoxies.
Coming in
Partisan Review:
• Robert Wistrich:
Reshaping Israeli Identity
• Roger Shattuck on Melville and Camus
• Walter Laqueur:
The Congress
of
Cultural Freedom
• Dorothea Straus on Carlo Levi
• Tsvetan Todorov:
The Labor of Love
• Jenny Teichman on Hilary Putnam
