Doniger debate symbolizes turbulence in the air

In 1983, prior to a British general election which was easily won by Margaret Thatcher, I attended a conference on ‘Victorian values’ at Ruskin College, a Labour movement institution located in Oxford but detached from the university. The conference, dominated by those who believed that Thatcher posed a threat to civilization as we know it, was unmemorable. Yet, one incident stood out.

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