Scandals and scoundrels : seven cases that shook the academy / Ron Robin.

Author/creator Robin, Ron Theodore
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxii, 277 pages ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Plagiarism.
Impostors and imposture.
Learning and scholarship--Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents Introduction : scholarly scandals: why do they happen? -- Plagiarism and the demise of gatekeepers -- The noble lie : "arming America" and the right to bear arms -- "A self of many possibilities" : Joseph Ellis, the protean historian -- The ghost of Caliban : Derek Freeman and "the fateful hoaxing of Margaret Mead" -- Violent people and gentle savages : the Yanomami controversy -- The willful suspension of disbelief : Rigoberta Menchú and the making of the Mayan holocaust -- Science fiction : Sokal's hoax and the "linguist left" -- What do the scandals mean?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.
LCCN 2003024854
ISBN0520235789 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520242491 (pbk. : alk. paper)