The War Against the Intellect - Peter Shaw

Title: The War Against the Intellect: Episodes in the Decline of Discourse
Author: Peter Shaw
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback
Edition: First edition, 1989
ISBN: 9780877452409
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Covers show light rubbing, surface marks and minor edge and corner wear, with light creasing and scuffing to the spine and extremities. The binding is intact and the visible pages are clean with light age-related toning. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Peter Shaw examines what he sees as a decline in the standards of reasoned discourse in American intellectual life, tracing changes in criticism, scholarship and academic culture from the 1960s onward.

Ranging across literary theory, textual scholarship, history and criticism, the essays challenge ideological approaches to the humanities and argue for renewed attention to evidence, logic and intellectual standards.