Enjoy American Academia And The Survival Of Marxist Ideas Designed By Darío Fernández-Morera Print

is, simply put, a laughable book, From its ridiculous premise "Illuminati communists have infiltrated the teaching system" to its subpar understanding of the theory it is criticizing constantly confusing Marxist ideas, postmodern theory and moral relativism to its biased and childish use of sources anecdotal evidence from some newspapers is used to describe general tendencies, examples are framed in the most tendentious fashion possible.

The author has got a weird hardon for libertarian thought, constantly fawning over Pinochet supporter Hayek and, like all libertarians, eventually ends up showing a soft spot for Nazis and fascism, despite trying to use them as the main weapon in its horseshoe theory arsenal, when he described the "conquest of Hungary" after WWII by the Soviet Army.
Look, Darío, we get it: you are a libertarian and if you can't get your free market dystopia where kids die on the street because it's not your business to provide healthcare, you'd rather have the Nazis.
No need to rub it on our noses,
I started reading this book expecting a "who's who" of academic Marxism in an unsympathetic light, I ended up with some libertarian Nazi sympathiser frothing over teachers at high schools being some sort of modern day Illuminati and destroying 'Merica from the inside because they are not racist and don't want to slap kids around.
I encountered Dario FernandezMorera on Gad Saad's YouTube channel sitelink youtube. com/watchvkllPC where they talked mostly about Andaulsian Spain, When I looked into his book I noticed this book that was very expensive and hard to find.
I managed to get a hold of the book through CSU library and had to request a copy from University of Toledo.
It was very informative, almost more so then Thomas Sowell's book on Marxism, but it is extremely academic and dense to read.
The book consists of a series of essay that are heavily cited with sources, footnotes, and suggested reading at the end of every essay.
He discusses how Marxist philosophy and doctrine survived the collapse of the Soviet

Union in American college campuses moslty in the humanities and literature departments and often disguises itself as "progressive" or "humanist" while retaining much of the original doctrine.
If you can get your hands on a copy I would highly recommend checking the book out, Marxist thought pervades American academic discourse, particularly in the humanities and the social sciences, FernandezMorera shows why the survival of these ideas is unjustified in the face of their theoretical and practical problems and their historical record.




FernandezMorera provides a comprehensive critique of Marxist/materialist discourse as it pervades contemporary American scholarship.
He examines the rhetorical and ideological underpinnings of the discourse, the socioeconomic circumstances and personality type of its academic practitioners, and its impact on other forms of academic speech.
He also exposes the epistemological and ethical consequences of the discourse in light of the history of theth century and explains its remarkable success in the academic world.




Being multidisciplinary, the book should challenge many and appeal to those interested in criticism, politics, epistemology, ethics, history, sociology, and even economics.
Certainly all those interested in the condition of higher education will find it provocative, .