Dabashi "standards"

Submitted by Adam (Spain), Oct 1, 2002 at 08:54

Can someone please explain to me how a person with the following credentials can be labled as a failed academic?

A.B. (1971) and Ph.D. (1978) from Harvard University, both in history; spent six years studying abroad, including three years in Egypt;
speaks French, and reads Arabic and German; has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the U.S. Naval War College.

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