I count myself among those disappointed in Barack Obama’s presidency so far. I had not expected miracles, but I had hoped for a more dramatic turnaround in our politics: for an end to the war in Afghanistan; a rapid closing …
For Eugene Genovese the time has come to confess, to acknowledge the silences of the 1950s, and, perhaps, to free ourselves to move forward. In a belated recognition of the evils of Stalinism, he condemns those on the left who …
GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF HISTORY, by Joan Wallach Scott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. 242 pp. $29. One good reason to read this book is that it directly addresses the current right-wing attack on university attempts to modernize …
