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Author Ehrlich, Matthew C., 1962- author.

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

Publication Info. Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : little explosions -- Tidal wave -- Sex ritualized -- Seriously prejudicial -- Storm coming -- International vermin -- Ungloriously wrong -- Conclusion : yeast and ferment.
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.
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Subject Academic freedom -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Academic freedom.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject College students -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- 20th century.
College students -- Sexual behavior.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Freedom of speech.
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects -- 20th century.
Universities and colleges.
EDUCATION / General.
Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ehrlich, Matthew C., 1962- Dangerous ideas on campus Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021] 9780252044199 (DLC) 2021020091
ISBN 025205315X electronic book
9780252053153 (electronic book)
9780252044199 hardcover
9780252086243 paperback