Must you really try to turn that into some kind if ideological polemic ?
I agree Dave; turning that into some kind if ideological polemic is indeed a bit over the top!
Beginning with his 1984 book Losing Ground and taken up more fully in The Bell Curve in 1994 and through his most recent writing, the corpus of Murray's work has amounted to an ideological polemic that justifies the ongoing disenfranchisement of African Americans and other people of color, and more recently, poor and working class white people.
"Given the sclerotic economic situation of our country, such ideological polemics are a luxury we can no longer afford," Mr. Copé said of the debate.
Instead, Woman at Point Zero takes a refreshingly ideological and polemic stance toward choice, namely that the fact that a woman chooses something does not mean that choice is necessarily feminist.
Vocabulary: adaptation, collaborate, pertaining, earthly, contention, transcend, principal, prestigious, refurbishment, straightforward, ideological, afoot, ado, polemic, novelty, asymmetrical, droves, scandalous Extension Activities: 1. Read one of Toni Morrison's novels and write a cultural analysis.
By now, Wallerstein's research has also informed a barrage of antidivorce polemics and ideological defenses of marriage that are far less subtle and humane than her own books.
Chair of judges Gillian Slovo said that Meek had done exactly this: "He has not written a polemic or an ideological tract, but a careful and elegant exploration of what exactly privatisation has produced in our country," she said.
"We're convinced that many educated readers are tired of the usual ideological divides and culture-war polemics in discussing the great issues of human purpose and meaning," Gary Rosen, the site's editor in chief, said.
Julie Gavras's wonderful film, "Blame It on Fidel," is a deeply political movie that sidesteps strident polemics by viewing the ideological conflicts within a French-Spanish family through the eyes of a smart, willful child.
(Stephen Holden) ★ 'BLAME IT ON FIDEL' (No rating, 99 minutes, in French) This smart, kind-hearted film, written and directed by Julie Gavras (daughter of Costa-Gavras), is a deeply political movie that sidesteps strident polemics by viewing the ideological conflicts within a French-Spanish family in 1970 through the eyes of a smart, willful 9-year-old girl (the wonderful Nina Kervel).
