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Duncan Kennedy argues that an American radicalism is both possible and desirable. One base for radical politics is the big institutional workplace; another is popular culture--whence his emphasis on phenomena like sexy dressing. Kennedy's aim is to wed the rebelliousness, irony, and irrationalism of cultural modernism and postmodernism to the earnestness of political correctness.
List of contents
Preface 1. Radical Intellectuals in American Culture and Politics, or My Talk at the Gramsci Institute 2. A Cultural Pluralist Case for Affirmative Action in Legal Academia 3. The Stakes of Law, or Hale and Foucault! 4. Sexual Abuse, Sexy Dressing, and the Eroticization of Domination Notes Index
About the author
Duncan Kennedy is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School.
Summary
Kennedy argues that American radicalism is possible and desirable. One base for radical politics is the institutional workplace; another is popular culture (hence, sexy dressing). Kennedy’s aim is to wed the rebelliousness, irony, and irrationalism of cultural modernism and postmodernism to the earnestness of political correctness.
