How Harvard Rules: Reason in the Service of Empire

by Jack Trumpboru and Jack Trumporu

Book Overview

Mixing lively critique with historical analysis, How Harvard Rules opens a new window towards understanding the workings of one of the nation's most influential universities. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896082830
• ISBN13: 9780896082830
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: South End Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Required Reading

Given the recent interest in Harvard sparked by the women in science controversy, it seems many people are eager to learn more about the world's leading institution of higher learning (according to some, anyway) Because of the power the name Harvard commands, this attention is a good thing, and long overdue. How Harvard Rules is a collection of essays all by current and former Harvard insiders with tales to tell--the kinds of tales Harvard would not willingly make public itself. The tone of the volume is indeed critical, but these are not screeds--they rely much less on opinion than they do on straight history and facts. The lesson is this: we cannot afford to take for granted the benign nature of academic institutions. And not because the elite among them contribute to any kind of left-wing brainwashing of our youth--that's pure hogwash. Harvard is a revolving door for the wealthy and powerful, and as such does more than almost any single organization to validate the machinations of the world's rulers. Under a guise of books and ivy lies a corporation dealing in the joint commodities of knowledge and power. This book is a great place to start learning not just about Harvard per se, but the complex web of power and influence that it is essential to unravel to get at the truth about the way our world works. Get this book today!