The history man
by Malcolm Bradbury · first published 1975
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This has happened before. Read The History Man by Bradbury. And what will happen is that being "politically unreasonable" will be unfashionable and the society will swing to an equilibrium once again. The extremists will leave or retire and the people…
on “Medical Student banished from UVA campus for questioning Microaggressions” ↗Don't miss out on "The History Man", by Malcolm Bradbury, another campus novel that is as dark as it is funny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_Man
on “David Lodge, British novelist who satirized academic life, has died” ↗Glad you liked it. The scene with the Jennifer Rush song is living free in my mind, when Warren Clark's infatuation breaks surface. The Beeb did a version of "the history man" by Malcolm Bradbury which I think was OK, but a bit less successful. They're somewhat contemporary novels about academia. They also did several of the Tom Sharpe novels but they're generally more boisterous,…
on “David Lodge, British novelist who satirized academic life, has died” ↗Ever read "The History Man"? He starts a false university rumor that a controversial speaker has been banned so everyone then feels obliged to invite him causing protests and chaos. This was set in the early 1970's. We have not…
on “A professor’s resignation highlights pressures within academia to conform” ↗