Academic freedom as an ethical practice -- Knowledge, power, and academic freedom -- Civility, affect, and academic freedom -- Academic freedom and the state -- On free speech and academic freedom
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book presents a series of essays by the historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory of academic freedom and the value of critical inquiry today. Scott gives a reflection on the tensions within one of academia's cherished concepts and a defense fo the importance of critical scholarship to safeguard democracy against anti-intellectualism.
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctv9292t9
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Title
Knowledge, power, and academic freedom.
International Standard Book Number
9780231190466
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Academic freedom-- United States.
Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives-- United States.