eros.
     
     
      ie
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dy
      of
      traditions
      and
      achievements
      of
     
     
      other
      nations
      and
      of
      ethnic
      subcultures
      is
      important
     
     
      and
      should
      be
      encouraged.
      But
      this
      must
      proceed
      ina
     
     
      manner
      that
      is
      intellectually
      honest
      and
      does
      not
      serve
     
     
      as
      a
      pretext
      for
      inserting
      polemics
      into
      the
      curricu-
     
     
      lum.
      Furthermore,
      *‘multicultural
      education’’
      should
     
     
      not
      take
      place
      at
      the
      expense
      of
      studies
      that
      transcend
     
     
      _
      cultural
      differences:
      the
      truths
      of
      mathematics,
      the
     
     
      sciences,
      history,
      and
      so
      on,
      are
      not
      different
      for
     
     
      _
      people
      of
      different
      races,
      sexes,
      or
      cultures,
      and
      for
     
     
      that
      reason
      alone
      their
      study
      is
      liberating.
      Nor
      should
     
     
      we
      further
      attenuate
      the
      study
      of
      traditions
      of
      the
     
     
      West.
      Not
      only
      is
      knowledge
      of
      those
      traditions
     
     
      essential
      for
      any
      evaluation
      of
      our
      own
      institutions,
      it
     
     
      is
      increasingly
      relevant
      to
      our
      understanding
      of
      other
     
     
      nations,
      which,
      in
      striking
      testament
      to
      the
      universal-
     
     
      _
      ity
      of
      the
      values
      they
      embody,
      are
      rapidly
      adopting
     
     
      _
      Western
      practices
      to
      their
      own
      situations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      The
      National
      Association
      of
      Scholars
      is
      in
      favor
      of
     
    

    
     
      }
      ethnic
      studies,
      the
      study
      of
      non-Western
      cultures,
      and
     
     
      the
      study
      of
      the
      special
      problems
      of
      women
      and
     
     
      minorities
      in
      our
      society,
      but
      it
      opposes
      subordinating
     
     
      entire
      humanities
      and
      social
      sciences
      curricula
      to
      such
     
     
      studies
      and
      it
      views
      with
      alarm
      their
      growing
     
     
      politicization.
      Efforts
      purportedly
      made
      to
      introduce
     
     
      ‘other
      points
      of
      view’’
      and
      ‘‘pluralism’’
      oftenseem
     
     
      in
      fact
      designed
      to
      restrict
      attention
      to
      a
      narrow
      set
      of
     
     
      issues,
      tendentiously
      defined.
      An
      examination
      of
     
     
      many
      women’s
      studies
      and
      minority
      studies
      courses
     
     
      and
      programs
      discloses
      little
      study
      of
      other
      cultures
     
     
      and
      much
      excoriation
      of
      our
      society
      for
      its
      alleged
     
     
      oppression
      of
      women,
      blacks,
      and
      others.
      The
      banner
     
     
      _
      of
      ‘cultural
      diversity’’
      is
      apparently
      being
      raised
      by
     
     
      some
      whose
      paramount
      interest
      actually
      lies
      in
      attack-
     
     
      ing
      the
      West
      and
      its
      institutions.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      We
      urge
      our
      colleagues
      to
      demand
      clear
      explanations
     
     
      _
      and
      cogent
      arguments
      in
      support
      of
      the
      proposals
     
    

    
     
      _
      being
      so
      rapidly
      brought
      before
      them,
      and
      to
      reject
     
    

    
     
      _
      any
      that
      cannot
      be
      justified.
      The
      curriculum
      is
      and
     
    

    
     
      _
      should
      be
      opento
      change,
      but
      we
      must
      rebut
      the
      false
     
     
      _
      charges
      being
      made
      against
      existing
      disciplines.
      We
     
     
      must
      also
      reject
      the
      allegations
      of
      ‘‘racism’’
      and
     
    

    
     
      _
      “’sexism’’
      that
      are
      frequently
      leveled
      against
      honest
     
    

    
     
      _
      critics
      of
      the
      new
      proposals,
      and
      which
      only
      have
      the
     
     
      _
      effect
      of
      stifling
      much-needed
      debate,
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Additional
      copies
      of
      this
      statement
      or
      information
     
    

    
     
      _
      about
      the
      National
      Association
      of
      Scholars
      and
      its
     
    

    
     
      _
      activities,
      including
      its
      Fellows
      Program,
      Research
     
    

    
     
      _
      Center,
      Speakers
      Bureau,
      state
      and
      regional
      affiliates,
     
     
      _
      conferences,
      local
      membership
      events,
      executive
      and
     
    

    
     
      :
      UP
      ae
      at
      aa
      its
      quarterly
      A¢ademic
     
     
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      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Beets
      oa
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      13,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "
      Questions,
      may
      be
      obtained
      by
      writing
      to
      the
      National
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Association
      of
      Scholars,
      575
      Ewing
      Street,
      Princeton,
     
     
      NJ
      08540,
      USA,
      or
      by
      calling
      609-683-7878.
     
     
      ‘For
      Reasoned
      Scholarship
      ina
      Free
      Society”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      Politically
      Incorrect
      Reading
      List
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dinesh
      D’
      Souza,
      IIliberal
      Education:
      The
      Politics
      of
     
     
      Race
      and
      Sex
      on
      Campus.
     
    

    
     
      Allan
      Bloom,
      The
      Closing
      of
      the
      American
      Mind.
     
     
      Roger
      Kimball,
      Tenured
      Radicals.
     
    

    
     
      Betty
      Steele,
      Feminist
      Takeover:
      From
      Patriarchy
      to
     
     
      Matriarchy
      in
      Twenty
      Years.
     
    

    
     
      John
      Ellis,
      Against
      Deconstruction.
     
    

    
     
      Israel
      Scheffler,
      Science
      and
      Subjectivity.
     
    

    
     
      Nathaniel
      Weyl,
      Karl
      Marx:
      Racist.
     
    

    
     
      Stephen
      Carter,
      Reflections
      of
      an
      Affirmative
      Action
     
     
      Baby.
     
    

    
     
      Robert
      Hughes,
      ‘‘The
      Fraying
      of
      America’’
      in
      Time
     
     
      (February
      3,
      1992)
      p.
      44-49.
     
    

    
     
      Also
      notable
      is
      a
      review
      of
      Susan
      Faludi’s
      Backlash:
     
     
      The
      Undeclared
      War
      Against
      American
      Women
      by
     
     
      Charlotte
      Allen
      in
      Commentary
      (February,
      1992)
      p.
     
     
      62-64.
      We
      don’t
      shy
      away
      from
      reading
      any
     
     
      ‘*Politically
      Correct’’
      works,
      we
      challenge
      anyone
      to
     
     
      do
      the
      same
      with
      any
      of
      the
      works
      listed
      above
      (Illib-
     
     
      eral
      Education
      and
      ‘*‘The
      Fraying
      of
      America’
      come
     
     
      highly
      recommended).
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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