Justifying Belief -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Public Intellectuals and the Discipline of English Studies -- 2. No Loss, No Gain: The Argument against Principle -- 3. The Story of Rhetoric: Constructing the Ground Upon Which You Confidently Walk -- 4. Fish Tales: A Conversation with "The Contemporary Sophist" -- 5. From Multiculturalism to Academic Freedom: The Case against Universalism -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.