02742nam 2200481 450 991082312090332120230121015709.00-252-05315-X(MiAaPQ)EBC6810072(Au-PeEL)EBL6810072(CKB)19919525600041(OCoLC)1256591686(MdBmJHUP)musev2_97546(EXLCZ)991991952560004120230121d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDangerous ideas on campus sex, conspiracy, and academic freedom in the age of JFK /Matthew C. EhrlichUrbana :University of Illinois Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (viii, 216 pages)Print version: Ehrlich, Matthew C. Dangerous Ideas on Campus Champaign : University of Illinois Press,c2021 9780252044199 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : little explosions -- Tidal wave -- Sex ritualized -- Seriously prejudicial -- Storm coming -- International vermin -- Ungloriously wrong -- Conclusion : yeast and ferment."In 1960, University of Illinois professor Leo Koch wrote a public letter condoning premarital sex. He was fired. Four years later, a professor named Revilo Oliver made white supremacist remarks and claimed there was a massive communist conspiracy. He kept his job. Matthew Ehrlich revisits the Koch and Oliver cases to look at free speech, the legacy of the 1960s, and debates over sex and politics on campus. The different treatment of the two men marked a fundamental shift in the understanding of academic freedom. Their cases also embodied the stark divide over beliefs and values--a divide that remains today. Ehrlich delves into the issues behind these academic controversies and places the events in the context of a time rarely associated with dissent, but in fact a harbinger of the social and political upheavals to come. An enlightening and entertaining history, Dangerous Ideas on Campus illuminates how the university became a battleground for debating America's hot-button issues"--Provided by publisher.Academic freedomCollege studentsSexual behaviorFreedom of speechAcademic freedom.College studentsSexual behavior.Freedom of speech.378.1213Ehrlich Matthew C.1962-1664295MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823120903321Dangerous ideas on campus4022235UNINA