multiple perspectives are more beneficial than multiple partners/personalities

There is apparent controversy between the political journalist George Will and the Cogan University professor of the Humanities at Harvard University Stephen Greenblatt, over the politicization of literary studies.  George Will’s views can be expressed through, “as esthetic judgments are politicized, political judgments are estheticized: the striking of poses and the enjoyment of catharsis are central in the theater of victimization in academic life. Criticism displaces literature and critics displace authors as bestowers of meaning.” Whereas Stephen Greenblatt opposes this with his contradictory perception shown through, “ The painful, messy struggles over rights and values, the political and sexual and ethical dilemmas that great art has taken upon itself to articulate and to grapple with, have no place in their curriculum.” Although they do argue a point, I disagree with the conservative view of presenting the information through one perspective and leaving out information that skews emotions. I believe that all views involved in the situation should be presented to allow the student to learn all aspects therefore resulting in an all rounded view of the event. Additionally this provides the student to connect with the information on real-life terms and emotionally, instead of a mere objective level of education. The viewpoints, although opposing, will allow the student to be given the opinion as to what side they agree with or which stance to take on the issue instead of a predetermined one. I believe in this article George Will is more open to this liberal approach to textbooks however I may of misinterpreted the article at hand. Nevertheless I feel it is unbeneficial to include only a one-sided argument or even an objective statement; for, it doesn’t provide the student with growth on the subject nor as an individual. The advantages in providing an audience with options should be intentional when constructing a textbook. George Will and Stephen Greenblatt each provide an impressive argument on the issue; however multiple perspectives should be supplied in textbooks to make them utmost efficient.