Middle East studies in the News

Perspective about Hysteria [incl. Yale University Press]

by Michael Rubin
The Corner (Blog of National Review Online)
January 13, 2010

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Mzg4N2I2ZTU1OTNjNDQ5NWQ4OGM4MTBmYjg1MzEwOTQ=

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/8965

Ramesh, I do agree with you, but to point out one additional element of hypocrisy in Fareed Zakaria's warnings about hysteria:

In his position as a member of the Yale Corporation (the governing body of Yale University), Fareed spoke about the need for pre-emptive censorship of a Yale University Press book in order to undercut the possibility of future terrorists find cause to target Yale. He took this position after writing, in a Newsweek cover essay about radical Islam, that "We should mount a spirited defense of our views and values."

Indeed, when it comes to hysteria, it seems that Mr. Zakaria too is the pot calling the kettle black.

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