Word: unrealism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this, and much more in the book, is fine. But what is troubling is a question that Zinn raises in the first chapter, but never answers. Left unanswered, it seems to haunt and make slightly unreal all of the emotional energy of Zinn's attack on the Court and American society. If we justify one act of civil disobedience, he asks...
...attempt to get an economic and political share of the American pie," but insisted that it is uniquely American and unrelated to European theories of class struggle. Although most participants denounced the idea of black separatism-John Oakes, editor of the New York Times editorial page, called it "impractical, unreal and immoral"-CORE Director Roy Innis unflinchingly defended...
...They have the best of its values without its fears, its hang-ups, its commitments to bastard structures. They can live honestly in or out of community, deal with present poverty, suffering, injustice-without the church. The liberals who suggest a church without compelling dogmas, stifling rituals and unreal moral codes will find that such a church already exists. It's called the world, and its adherents are called...
...course this is not the rationale usually offered for refusing student participation. Usually administrators' reasons are vague and unreal. Dean Von Stade has said, "Student participation just wouldn't be the same if it were institutionalized." Edward T. Wilcox, Director of The Program of General Education, has explained it more simply, "It's just out of the question, that's all." Dean Glimp just shrugs and says, "It's the principle of the thing. I guess we just see things a different way." Dean Watson has answered the question by saying, "Look, if students don't like this place, they...
...course is to anecdotal in nature. Says Clarence James, "72: "Lectures consist of sitting around and telling stories which may be interesting but most often are unreal." Adds Ray Hammond, '70: "There should be more concentration on student participation. Lecturers should leave 15 minutes after each talk for questions to clarify points and, in some cases, to correct the lecturer...