"American Nietzsche" is a sober work of intellectual history, but as Nietzsche insisted, all scholarship reflects the temperament of its creator, and it's clear that Ratner-Rosenhagen finds neither the poststructuralist nor the conservative Nietzsche at all satisfying.
It can ignore serious scholarship, insist that believers embrace the unbelievable, substitute narrow dogma for knowledge and demonize those who hold differing views.
But a majority of learned Muslim thinkers, drawing on impeccable scholarship, insist that jihad must be understood as a struggle without arms.
Insisting that its true mission is distributing scholarships, as its executives unfailingly do, only underscores the problem.
That hasn't stopped men from insisting on their religious authority through varying levels of scholarship.
Lovers of fantasy and science-fiction are often defensive about the escapism inherent in these genres, and are eager to push back by insisting that the greatest of these novels come out of serious scholarship.
By Willing Davidson May 7, 2009 Lovers of fantasy and science-fiction are often defensive about the escapism inherent in these genres, and are eager to push back by insisting that the greatest of these novels come out of serious scholarship.
Scholarship since the mid-20th century, however, has challenged that view, insisting that the picture was far more complex.
But with the opening on Friday of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Mount Vernon is committing itself to sponsoring a formal level of scholarship about Washington, and Mount Vernon officials say they have no intention of insisting on a glossy interpretation.
The scholarship game — for it is a game — has garnered such high stakes that some refuse to play it altogether, insisting that their children land a coveted full ride, funded solely by institutional aid.
