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Value, tradition and the place of the present: The disputed canon in the united states

Value, tradition and the place of the present: The disputed canon in the united states he dispute over the canon which has Trumbled on in the United States over the last decade or so, with its fierce denun- ciations of 'political correctness' and its apocalyptic warnings of the decline of 'Western civilization', is by now widely graham macphee familiar. Over recent years academic responses to this often acrimonious debate have identified the assumptions and contra- dictions which underpin appeals to the uni- VALUE , TRADITIO N versality of the canon, and have uncovered the political impulse which underlies accusa- AN D THE PLACE tions of 'political correctness'.1 While inter- est in the debate has subsequently waned, OF THE PRESENT this dispute may yet provide an important opportunity to consider the interrelation of the disputed canon in the cultural and the political through its opening onto questions of judgement and the united states value. It is here that this dispute impinges upon a wider concern within contemporary critical theory: to locate an ethical or politi- over education has been staged in terms of cal basis to validate its judgements.2 the 'quality' of educational provision, where The constitution of the canon rests upon each moment of crisis is seen as a recurring procedures of evaluation and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

Value, tradition and the place of the present: The disputed canon in the united states

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Abstract

he dispute over the canon which has Trumbled on in the United States over the last decade or so, with its fierce denun- ciations of 'political correctness' and its apocalyptic warnings of the decline of 'Western civilization', is by now widely graham macphee familiar. Over recent years academic responses to this often acrimonious debate have identified the assumptions and contra- dictions which underpin appeals to the uni- VALUE , TRADITIO N versality of the canon, and have uncovered the political impulse which underlies accusa- AN D THE PLACE tions of 'political correctness'.1 While inter- est in the debate has subsequently waned, OF THE PRESENT this dispute may yet provide an important opportunity to consider the interrelation of the disputed canon in the cultural and the political through its opening onto questions of judgement and the united states value. It is here that this dispute impinges upon a wider concern within contemporary critical theory: to locate an ethical or politi- over education has been staged in terms of cal basis to validate its judgements.2 the 'quality' of educational provision, where The constitution of the canon rests upon each moment of crisis is seen as a recurring procedures of evaluation and

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Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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