American Scholar: Autumn 1990 Vol 59No 4

Autumn 1990 issue of The American Scholar, the journal of Phi Beta Kappa. With articles on why Blacks may fear being ambitious, why there is no objective way to decide whether a piece of art (such as Piss Christ) is offensive, the skyrocketing price of higher education, the aftermath of turning away from the classics ("the Wedgwood"), the state of contemporary theology, Colonial America and John Locke, German Jews in Palestine, the powers of the primeval goddesses, book reviews, poetry, and more.