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The southern front : history and politics in the cultural war, Eugene D. Genovese

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  • Eugene D. Genovese offers a series of engaging and highly provocative reflections on history - particularly southern history - and politics in the cultural war. Genovese criticizes the Left and the Right with equal vigor. Calling political correctness "a new version of totalitarianism," he scorns the betrayal of Black Studies programs across the country, saying that "unless the stagnation and ghettoization of Black Studies programs are arrested, we shall, however inadvertently, condemn our universities and professions to many years of shamefaced complicity in an increasingly ominous resurgence of white racism and black despair." Other essays explore the political culture of the Old South and the centrality of religion to both southern and Afro-American history. Of particular interest is an extended treatment of the religious thought of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the King plagiarism scandal
  • In "The Question," a searing essay that has already provoked heated debate, Genovese argues that a commitment to presumed "larger goals" led the radical Left to ignore, and therefore become complicit in, the mass murders of communism. And he suggests that today a similar blindness is fostering the promotion of totalitarian measures on our campuses. "We are today indeed engaged in a cultural war," writes Genovese. "To win that war will require a new and hitherto unimaginable coalition across political and racial lines."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
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1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Contents
  • In Lieu of an Introduction: Personal Reflections. 1. Marxism, Christianity, and Bias in the Study of Southern Slave Society. 2. Hans Rosenberg at Brooklyn College: A Communist Student's Recollections of the Classroom as War Zone
  • Representative Carolinians. 3. James Johnston Pettigrew. 4. James Henley Thornwell. 5. Thomas B. Chaplin
  • Southern Slave Society. 6. The Culture of the Old South / Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. 7. Proslavery in Transatlantic Conservative Thought. 8. Higher Education in the Defense of Slave Society. 9. The Poet as Social Critic. 10. The Slaveholders' Contribution to the American Constitution
  • Religion. 11. Christendom under Siege. 12. Religious Foundations of the Constitution. 13. Abolitionism's Black Prophets. 14. The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Political Implications. 15. Does God Matter?
  • Culture and Politics. 16. Herbert Aptheker. 17. Black Studies: Academic Discipline and Political Struggle
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The southern front : history and politics in the cultural war
Title
The southern front
Title remainder
history and politics in the cultural war
Statement of responsibility
Eugene D. Genovese
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Eugene D. Genovese offers a series of engaging and highly provocative reflections on history - particularly southern history - and politics in the cultural war. Genovese criticizes the Left and the Right with equal vigor. Calling political correctness "a new version of totalitarianism," he scorns the betrayal of Black Studies programs across the country, saying that "unless the stagnation and ghettoization of Black Studies programs are arrested, we shall, however inadvertently, condemn our universities and professions to many years of shamefaced complicity in an increasingly ominous resurgence of white racism and black despair." Other essays explore the political culture of the Old South and the centrality of religion to both southern and Afro-American history. Of particular interest is an extended treatment of the religious thought of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the King plagiarism scandal
  • In "The Question," a searing essay that has already provoked heated debate, Genovese argues that a commitment to presumed "larger goals" led the radical Left to ignore, and therefore become complicit in, the mass murders of communism. And he suggests that today a similar blindness is fostering the promotion of totalitarian measures on our campuses. "We are today indeed engaged in a cultural war," writes Genovese. "To win that war will require a new and hitherto unimaginable coalition across political and racial lines."
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digitized
Cataloging source
OCLCE
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1930-2012
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Genovese, Eugene D.
Dewey number
975/.0072
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
F213
LC item number
.G47 1995
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Southern States
  • Slavery
  • Southern States
  • African Americans
  • Christianity and politics
  • African Americans
  • Christianity and politics
  • Historiography
  • Slavery
  • Southern States
Label
The southern front : history and politics in the cultural war, Eugene D. Genovese
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Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index
Carrier category
online resource
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cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In Lieu of an Introduction: Personal Reflections. 1. Marxism, Christianity, and Bias in the Study of Southern Slave Society. 2. Hans Rosenberg at Brooklyn College: A Communist Student's Recollections of the Classroom as War Zone -- Representative Carolinians. 3. James Johnston Pettigrew. 4. James Henley Thornwell. 5. Thomas B. Chaplin -- Southern Slave Society. 6. The Culture of the Old South / Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. 7. Proslavery in Transatlantic Conservative Thought. 8. Higher Education in the Defense of Slave Society. 9. The Poet as Social Critic. 10. The Slaveholders' Contribution to the American Constitution -- Religion. 11. Christendom under Siege. 12. Religious Foundations of the Constitution. 13. Abolitionism's Black Prophets. 14. The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Political Implications. 15. Does God Matter? -- Culture and Politics. 16. Herbert Aptheker. 17. Black Studies: Academic Discipline and Political Struggle
Control code
622747272
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Form of item
online
Level of compression
  • lossless
  • lossy
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Reformatting quality
  • preservation
  • access
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)622747272
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
The southern front : history and politics in the cultural war, Eugene D. Genovese
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
file reproduced from original
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
In Lieu of an Introduction: Personal Reflections. 1. Marxism, Christianity, and Bias in the Study of Southern Slave Society. 2. Hans Rosenberg at Brooklyn College: A Communist Student's Recollections of the Classroom as War Zone -- Representative Carolinians. 3. James Johnston Pettigrew. 4. James Henley Thornwell. 5. Thomas B. Chaplin -- Southern Slave Society. 6. The Culture of the Old South / Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. 7. Proslavery in Transatlantic Conservative Thought. 8. Higher Education in the Defense of Slave Society. 9. The Poet as Social Critic. 10. The Slaveholders' Contribution to the American Constitution -- Religion. 11. Christendom under Siege. 12. Religious Foundations of the Constitution. 13. Abolitionism's Black Prophets. 14. The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Political Implications. 15. Does God Matter? -- Culture and Politics. 16. Herbert Aptheker. 17. Black Studies: Academic Discipline and Political Struggle
Control code
622747272
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Form of item
online
Level of compression
  • lossless
  • lossy
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Reformatting quality
  • preservation
  • access
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)622747272
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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