The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America [Paperback]

David Horowitz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 7, 2007

Bestselling author David Horowitz reveals a shocking and perverse culture of academics who are poisoning the minds of today's college students. The Professors is a wake-up call to all those who assume that a college education is sans hatred of America and the American military and support for America's terrorist enemies.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Horowitz, author of Unholy Alliance and founder of FrontPageMag.com, profiles 101 professors whose politics run left of center (in many cases, very, very left of center), and though his list is impressive in size and the amount of research that went into it, the most egregious crimes perpetrated by the majority of these academics is that their politics don't mesh with Horowitz's. Which isn't to say Horowitz hasn't turned up a few surprises: a Northwestern University law professor has a sordid history involving the Weather Underground, and a Rutgers University professor's early poems included lines like, "Rape the white girls" and "I got the extermination blues, jewboys." However, his intention to expose the majority of these professors as "dangerous" and undeserving of their coveted positions seems petty in some cases, as when he smugly mocks the proliferation of departments dedicated to peace studies or considers "anti-war activist" as a character flaw. The only noteworthy point that emerges from Horowitz's melodramatic finger pointing is his questioning of the tenure system, which he believes "serves to protect mediocrity and encourage incompetence." More distressing to Horowitz, it would appear, is that tenure allows professors who disagree with his personal political opinions to continue teaching.
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From the Inside Flap

Coming to a Campus Near You: Terrorists, racists, and communists— you know them as The Professors.

We all know that left-wing radicals from the 1960s have hung around academia and hired people like themselves. But if you thought they were all harmless, antiquated hippies, you’d be wrong. Today’s radical academics aren’t the exception—they’re legion. And far from being harmless, they spew violent anti-Americanism, preach anti-Semitism, and cheer on the killing of American soldiers and civilians—all the while collecting tax dollars and tuition fees to indoctrinate our children. Remember Ward Churchill, the University of Colorado professor who compared the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks to Nazis who deserved what they got? You thought he was bad? In this shocking new book, New York Times bestselling author David Horowitz has news for you: American universities are full of radical academics like Ward Churchill—and worse.

Horowitz exposes 101 academics—representative of thousands of radicals who teach our young people—who also happen to be alleged ex-terrorists, racists, murderers, sexual deviants, anti-Semites, and al-Qaeda supporters. Horowitz blows the cover on academics who: — Say they want to kill white people. — Promote the views of the Iranian mullahs. — Support Osama bin Laden. — Lament the demise of the Soviet Union. — Defend pedophilia. — Advocate the killing of ordinary Americans.

David Horowitz’s riveting exposé is essential reading for parents, students, college alums, taxpayers, and patriotic Americans who don’t think college students should be indoctrinated by sympathizers of Joseph Stalin and Osama bin Laden.

The Professors is truly frightening—and an intellectual call to arms from a courageous author who knows the radicals all too well. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing (August 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596985259
• ISBN-13: 978-1596985254
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.5 x 8.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (214 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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117 of 169 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book May 4, 2006

By Kevman

Format:Hardcover

It is obvious that many people do not like to have any challenge to the extremism existing in some colleges. Thats why there so many one star reviews of this book by people who obviously have not read it. While I don't always agree with the author's point of view, this is an intersting book and points out what one may be exposed to at colleges. Many professors seek indoctrination not education and free and open discussions of issues often are not allowed (if you oppose any position of some professors, you are considered a "hate monger"). I had a few crazed professors in the 1970s, but nothing as terrible as Ward Churchill or some of the others exposed in this book. I enjoyed the book and thought it was very readable. I do not think these 101 professors are representative of all college professors, most of whom are very good and seek to provide an education. This book does provide a fair warning for what is out there and takes the lid off of some often closely held secrets.

31 of 45 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Profs Who Have No Clothes April 7, 2006

By Frosty T. Kat

Format:Hardcover

This book is a hilarious expose of several handpicked nutty professors from acadumia. As a graduate of an ivy league college myself, I think it's high time someone exposed the truth about the far left's stranglehold on the humanities departments in many of our elite universities.

Great read, and a great service to the tuition paying public from David Horowitz.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Free Speech works both Ways June 11, 2012

By S. G. Fortosis

Format:Paperback

Isn't it true that, whether conservative or liberal, Christian or athiest, we all support the idea of free speech? But that doesn't stop us from screaming bloody murder when individuals exercise their freedom of speech and present their convictions, debate some area of thought, or disagree completely with our own deeply wrought beliefs? Horowitz has done his research and come out with some statements about university professors he considers dangerous in some way. It is possible to disagree with him without turning ugly, name-calling, attacking him profanely, or condemning every word he writes. How many who disagree with him have read the book and done as much years-long research of these professors--enough research to write a full book about them? At least Horowitz did his homework. And it's not like Horowitz has "worn right-wing blinders" securely over his eyes all his life. He used to be liberally-minded until he was convinced otherwise by his own reading, study, experience, and observations. He had to have made many bitter enemies of friends when he courageously did that. We can respect him for that.