Scandals and scoundrels: seven cases that shook the academy
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Main Author: Robin, Ron Theodore (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press c2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index
Introduction : scholarly scandals: why do they happen? -- Plagiarism and the demise of gatekeepers -- The noble lie : "arming America" and the right to bear arms -- "A self of many possibilities" : Joseph Ellis, the protean historian -- The ghost of Caliban : Derek Freeman and "the fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead" -- Violent people and gentle savages : the Yanomami controversy -- The willful suspension of disbelief : Rigoberta Menchú and the making of the Mayan holocaust -- Science fiction : Sokal's hoax and the "linguist left" -- What do the scandals mean?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 277 p.)
ISBN:0520938151
9780520938151

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