Description: Extremism, antisemitism and intolerance are thriving on campus. How did this happen? After October 7, the university - an institution dedicated to the search for truth, knowledge and freedom - became overrun by a toxic and dangerous fervor. Civil discourse was abandoned, as campuses became the epicenter of hate speech, bigotry, conspiracy theories, denialism and antisemitism. Yet, as Cary Nelson reveals, this betrayal of the university's ideals was decades in the making.
Brief description: Cary Nelson is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and was president of the American Association of University Professors from 2006 to 2012. His books include Manifesto of a Tenured Radical and Hate Speech and Academic Freedom.