Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joan Wallach ScottSeries:Wellek Library LecturesPublish date:2019-01-22Pages:184
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231190466ISBN-10:231190468UPC:9780231190466Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:History, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EssaysSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCAWK4PJA3
Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom
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...
Series: Wellek Library Lectures
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231190466ISBN-10:231190468UPC:9780231190466Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:History, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EssaysSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCAWK4PJA3
Joan Wallach Scott is professor emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Her books include Sex and Secularism (2017) and Gender and the Politics of History (Columbia, thirtieth anniversary edition, 2018). She is a long-standing member of the American Association of University Professors Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
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