What the progressive nation’s concern reveals about the state of the academy
[link removed]
CounterCurrent: France Hangs Up Its No-Vacancy Sign
What the progressive nation’s concern reveals about the state of the academy
CounterCurrent is the National Association of Scholars’ weekly newsletter, bringing you the biggest issues in academia and our responses to them.
[link removed]
Category: Cancel Culture; Reading Time: ~2 minutes
------------------------------------------------------------
** Featured Article - France Expresses Alarm About America’s Drift into Left-Wing Radicalism by Hans Bader ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
In the hustle and bustle of the modern American news cycle, it can be easy to lose sight of this simple fact: current events in the U.S. do not only affect us domestically—they also have profound effects abroad. In other words, America still has tremendous cultural influence, a soft power that we ought to use consciously and wisely but that we more often than not take for granted and, in many cases, misuse.
The latest reminder of this comes from France, where politicians, intellectuals, and journalists are warning of the nefarious, radical-left ideologies originating on American campuses, emanating across the pond, and causing divisions in their home country. French president Emmanuel Macron himself has expressed concern ([link removed]) about the “out-of-control woke leftism of US campuses and its attendant cancel culture.” Other prominent figures in France have said much of the same.
Now, you’re likely thinking: Wait a minute … France? Yes, that France. The nation that, along with most of Europe at this point, is one of the most ideologically progressive in the world (despite whatever definition of “moderate” or “conservative” may be in use). But now, America is apparently too far left for France’s taste. Or at least our campuses are.
Here at the National Association of Scholars, concern about “out-of-control woke leftism ([link removed]) ” and cancel culture ([link removed]) in American higher education is nothing new and our response to these issues has been an ever-increasing part of our work in recent months. That a nation such as France is also alarmed about this has rightly turned heads and, we hope, has demonstrated to skeptics that American campuses really have become that radical.
In this week’s featured article ([link removed]) , Hans Bader further breaks down France’s reaction to the leftward shift of American academia, linking it to the ways in which President Biden is helping enshrine said “woke leftism” in his administration and, by extension, in the nation as a whole. Click here to read more ([link removed]) .
The New York Times quotes ([link removed]) President Macron’s education minister as saying, “There’s a battle to wage against an intellectual matrix from American universities.’’ We couldn’t agree more, especially as this matrix is no longer limited to ivory-tower radicals but also extends into the White House, Congress, and beyond. There is indeed a battle to wage, a battle that seems to grow each day, and we’re standing here for it.
Until next week.
David Acevedo
Communications & Research Associate
National Association of Scholars
Read More ([link removed])
For more on ideological conformity and cancel culture in higher ed:
[link removed]
February 03, 2021
** An Open Letter to Daniele Struppa, President of Chapman University ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
Peter Wood
Professor John Eastman filed a brief and spoke at the January 6th rally in support of former President Trump. He was then unfairly defamed for "inciting violence" and pressured to retire.
[link removed]
February 01, 2021
** UCF Fires Charles Negy Following Pretextual Investigation ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
David Acevedo
The University of Central Florida has fired Professor Charles Negy after an investigation that the school appeared to launch in response to his controversial Tweets.
[link removed]
February 01, 2021
** Tracking "Cancel Culture" in Higher Education ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
David Acevedo
UPDATED 2/1/21: A repository of 122 administrators, professors, and students who have been "canceled" for expressing views deemed unacceptable by higher education ideologues.
[link removed]
January 25, 2021
** A Canceled Music Theorist Fights Back ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------
David Randall
Professor Timothy Jackson has initiated a lawsuit against the University of North Texas, to seek redress for the harm done to him after his defense of music theorist Heinrich Schenker.
** About the NAS
------------------------------------------------------------
The National Association of Scholars, founded in 1987, emboldens reasoned scholarship and propels civil debate. We’re the leading organization of scholars and citizens committed to higher education as the catalyst of American freedom.
============================================================
Follow NAS on social media.
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** Donate ([link removed])
| ** Join ([link removed])
| ** Renew ([link removed])
| ** Bookstore ([link removed])
Copyright © 2021 National Association of Scholars, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website, membership or donation forms, contact forms at events, or by signing open letters.
Our mailing address is:
National Association of Scholars
420 Madison Avenue
7th Floor
New York, NY 10017-2418
USA
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
.
