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The Resource Knowledge, power, and academic freedom, Joan Wallach Scott

Knowledge, power, and academic freedom, Joan Wallach Scott

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Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work. Can academic freedom survive in this environment - and must we rearticulate what academic freedom is for in order to defend it? This book presents a series of essays by the renowned historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory of academic freedom and the value of critical inquiry today. Scott considers the contradictions in the concept of academic freedom through examinations of the relationship between state power and higher education, the differences between the First Amendment right of free speech and the guarantee of academic freedom, and, in response to recent campus controversies, the politics of civility. The book concludes with an interview with Bill Moyers in which Scott discusses the personal experiences that have informed her views. Academic freedom is an aspiration, Scott holds: Its implementation always falls short of its promise, but it is essential as an ideal of ethical practice. Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom is both a nuanced reflection on the tensions within one of academia's cherished concepts and a strong defense of the importance of critical scholarship for the preservation of democracy against the anti-intellectualism of figures from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump. --
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eng
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171 pages
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  • 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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9780231190466
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Knowledge, power, and academic freedom
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Knowledge, power, and academic freedom
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Joan Wallach Scott
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eng
Summary
Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work. Can academic freedom survive in this environment - and must we rearticulate what academic freedom is for in order to defend it? This book presents a series of essays by the renowned historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory of academic freedom and the value of critical inquiry today. Scott considers the contradictions in the concept of academic freedom through examinations of the relationship between state power and higher education, the differences between the First Amendment right of free speech and the guarantee of academic freedom, and, in response to recent campus controversies, the politics of civility. The book concludes with an interview with Bill Moyers in which Scott discusses the personal experiences that have informed her views. Academic freedom is an aspiration, Scott holds: Its implementation always falls short of its promise, but it is essential as an ideal of ethical practice. Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom is both a nuanced reflection on the tensions within one of academia's cherished concepts and a strong defense of the importance of critical scholarship for the preservation of democracy against the anti-intellectualism of figures from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump. --
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  • Academic freedom
  • Learning and scholarship
  • Higher education and state
  • Education, Higher
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Knowledge, power, and academic freedom, Joan Wallach Scott
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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on1035437293
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23 cm.
Extent
171 pages
Isbn
9780231190466
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)1035437293
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Knowledge, power, and academic freedom, Joan Wallach Scott
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
on1035437293
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
171 pages
Isbn
9780231190466
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1035437293

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