Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION In the Dark All Eggheads Are Gray 1
5. PART I : CONFUSING THE ISSUE
6. 1 The University Is Popular Culture, But It Doesn’t Know It Yet 17
7. 2 The Problem Problem and Other Oddities of Academic Discourse 43
8. 3 The Mixed-Message Curriculum 62
9. PART I I : INTELLECTUALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
10. 4 Two Cheers for the Argument Culture 83
11. 5 Paralysis by Analysis? 96
12. PART III : COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS
13. 6 Unlearning to Write 115
14. 7 Scholars and Sound Bites: The Myth of Academic Difficulty 134
15. 8 Why Johnny Can’t Argue 155
16. 9 Outing Criticism 173
17. 10 The Application Guessing Game with Andrew Hoberek 190
18. PART IV : TEACHING THE CLUB
19. 11 Hidden Intellectualism 211
20. 12 A Word for Words and a Vote for Quotes 232
21. 13 Wrestling with the Devil 246
22. 14 Deborah Meier’s Progressive Traditionalism 261
23. epilogue: How to Write an Argument—What Students and Teachers Really Need to Know 275
24. NOTES 279
25. index 299