This collection of provocative essays challenges the assumptions and mythologies that surround the controversial issues of political correctness, multiculturalism, diversity, the curriculum, and the canon. Inspired by an acclaimed issue of Partisan Review, "The Politics of Political Correctness," Our Country, Our Culture features contributions from Robert Alter, Robert Brustein, Roger Kimball, Hilton Kramer, Mary Lefkowitz, David Lehman, Doris Lessing, Daphne Merkin, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., John Searle, and Helen Vendler.