Robert Boyers discusses his book The Tyranny of Virtue. (9/19/19)
Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual with a long career as a college professor, Robert Boyers’s new book “The Tyranny of Virtue: Identity, the Academy, and the Hunt for Political Heresies” is a precise and nuanced insider’s look at shifts in American culture—most especially in the American academy—that so many people find alarming. This collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Join us for a discussion of the modern restraints on academia in this edition of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.