Who's Allowed to Protest?

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Bruce Robbins

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Melville House Publishing
24 February 2026

Political activism

Why do charges of 'privilege' haunt every new protest wave? In this electrifying blend of short history and manifesto, Columbia University professor Bruce Robbins picks apart the insult that demonstrators are merely elite status-seekers - and shows why the same complaints surfaced against Vietnam-era marchers, Iraq War protesters, and, most recently, the Gaza encampments that shook US campuses nationwide. Robbins spars with contemporary critics, like David Brooks and Musa al-Gharbi, who insist that campus activists are secretly angling for elite credentials. Along the way, he recounts his own run-ins with university discipline boards and offers a reckoning with what it really costs - financially, socially, and personally - to stand against abuses of power.

By: Bruce Robbins
Imprint: Melville House Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781685892579
ISBN 10: 1685892574
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 24 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce Robbins is an American literary scholar, author and an academic. He is the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of several books published by academic publishers, including, most recent Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction (2022) and Atrocity: A Literary History (2025). He lives in New York City.

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