{"product_id":"professional-correctness-9780674712201","title":"Professional Correctness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanley Fish raises a provocative challenge to those who try to turn literary studies into an instrument of political change, arguing that when literary critics try to influence society at large by addressing social and political issues, they cease to be literary critics at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFish has written a very stylish, muscular little book arguing that the enemies of literary study are the new Historicism and cultural studies, and that more professionalism just might save the sinking ship. -- Rick Perlstein * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is by far the most powerful critique yet written of recent developments in academic humanities that have made interdisciplinary boundary crossing, cultural studies, and politically oriented textual analysis the dominant trend. Fish writes with a wit and dash that make him every bit as readable as the most nasty neocons while being vastly better informed. -- Gerald Graff, Professor of English, University of Chicago","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403602600279,"sku":"9780674712201","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674712201.jpg?v=1730483950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/professional-correctness-9780674712201","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}