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Instead, it finds itself relegated to a purgatory of pseudo-academic "debate."
Kelly Rigg: Would Civil Disobedience Galvanize a Grassroots Climate Movement? Kelly Rigg 2011
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This was one pseudo-academic book that really used the personal memoir aspect perfectly.
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This was one pseudo-academic book that really used the personal memoir aspect perfectly.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The difference between this pseudo-academic claptrap – which you have no problem with – and the rantings of the KKK is that the former is couched in the pseudo-scientific language of the academy while the latter makes no bones about its naked racial supremacist creed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010
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As Levi points out, someone who is a casual or even first-time visitor might not recognize the dishonesty of a troll like dochunt, since he couches his trollery in puffed-up pseudo-academic arrogance.
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Instead, it finds itself relegated to a purgatory of pseudo-academic "debate."
Kelly Rigg: Would Civil Disobedience Galvanize a Grassroots Climate Movement? Kelly Rigg 2011
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Unlike other pseudo-academic books, this book is about the research first.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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This is another entry into what I'm calling pseudo-academic books.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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Through the Fairbrook Foundation, a private entity he and his wife Joyce control, Chernick has provided funding to groups ranging from the Anti-Defamation League ADL and CAMERA, a right-wing, pro-Israel, media-watchdog outfit, to violent Israeli settlers living on Palestinian lands and figures like the pseudo-academic author Robert Spencer, who is largely responsible for popularizing conspiracy theories about the coming conquest of the West by Muslim fanatics seeking to establish a worldwide caliphate.
Max Blumenthal: The Great Islamophobic Crusade Max Blumenthal 2010
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Panther history, pseudo-academic jargon (actually, some of that came naturally), World War II German army terminology, Soviet rhetoric, boxing lingo, obscure forms of divination and forensic science vocabulary, among other things.
An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs. 2008
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