Dangerous ideas on campus : sex, conspiracy, and academic freedom in the age of JFK / Matthew C. Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrlich, Matthew C., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic freedom.

College students--Sexual behavior.

College students.

Freedom of speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In 1960, University of Illinois professor Leo Koch wrote a public letter condoning premarital sex. He was fired. Four years later, a professor named Revilo Oliver made white supremacist remarks and claimed there was a massive communist conspiracy. He kept his job. Matthew Ehrlich revisits the Koch and Oliver cases to look at free speech, the legacy of the 1960s, and debates over sex and politics on campus. The different treatment of the two men marked a fundamental shift in the understanding of academic freedom. Their cases also embodied the stark divide over beliefs and values--a divide that remains today. Ehrlich delves into the issues behind these academic controversies and places the events in the context of a time rarely associated with dissent, but in fact a harbinger of the social and political upheavals to come. An enlightening and entertaining history, Dangerous Ideas on Campus illuminates how the university became a battleground for debating America's hot-button issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : little explosions

Tidal wave

Sex ritualized

Seriously prejudicial

Storm coming

International vermin

Ungloriously wrong

Conclusion : yeast and ferment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ehrlich, Matthew C. Dangerous Ideas on Campus

ISBN:

9780252053153

025205315X

OCLC:

1256591686