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Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity
Confronting the Fear of Knowledge
Taschenbuch von Joanna Williams
Sprache: Englisch

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Academic freedom is increasingly being threatened by a stifling culture of conformity in higher education that is restricting individual academics, the freedom of academic thought and the progress of knowledge ¿ the very foundations upon which academia and universities are built.

Once, scholars demanded academic freedom to critique existing knowledge and to pursue new truths. Today, while fondness for the rhetoric of academic freedom remains, it is increasingly criticised as an outdated and elitist concept by students and lecturers alike and called into question by a number of political and intellectual trends such as feminism, critical theory and identity politics.

This provocative and compelling book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge. The book argues that a challenge to this culture of conformity and censorship and a defence of academic free speech are needed for critique to be possible and for the intellectual project of evaluating existing knowledge and proposing new knowledge to be meaningful. This book is that challenge and a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Academic freedom is increasingly being threatened by a stifling culture of conformity in higher education that is restricting individual academics, the freedom of academic thought and the progress of knowledge ¿ the very foundations upon which academia and universities are built.

Once, scholars demanded academic freedom to critique existing knowledge and to pursue new truths. Today, while fondness for the rhetoric of academic freedom remains, it is increasingly criticised as an outdated and elitist concept by students and lecturers alike and called into question by a number of political and intellectual trends such as feminism, critical theory and identity politics.

This provocative and compelling book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge. The book argues that a challenge to this culture of conformity and censorship and a defence of academic free speech are needed for critique to be possible and for the intellectual project of evaluating existing knowledge and proposing new knowledge to be meaningful. This book is that challenge and a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
Über den Autor
Joanna Williams is Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent, UK and Education Editor for Spiked Online. She has previously published Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can't be Bought.
Zusammenfassung
A passionate defence for the power of academic free speech in an age of increasing conformity and censorship on campus, written by one of today's most provocative commentators on higher education
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Academic Freedom in an Era of Conformity

1. Free to be Critical

2. Conformity in the Academy

3. Criticality within the Disciplines

4. Disciplines Under Attack

5. Uncritical Theory

6. Impact of Feminism

7. From Academic Freedom to Academic Justice

Conclusions

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Erwachsenenbildung
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Palgrave Critical University Studies
Inhalt: vi
217 S.
ISBN-13: 9781137514783
ISBN-10: 1137514787
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Williams, Joanna
Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Palgrave Critical University Studies
Maße: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Joanna Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,288 kg
Artikel-ID: 104503945
Über den Autor
Joanna Williams is Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent, UK and Education Editor for Spiked Online. She has previously published Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can't be Bought.
Zusammenfassung
A passionate defence for the power of academic free speech in an age of increasing conformity and censorship on campus, written by one of today's most provocative commentators on higher education
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Academic Freedom in an Era of Conformity

1. Free to be Critical

2. Conformity in the Academy

3. Criticality within the Disciplines

4. Disciplines Under Attack

5. Uncritical Theory

6. Impact of Feminism

7. From Academic Freedom to Academic Justice

Conclusions

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Fachbereich: Erwachsenenbildung
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Palgrave Critical University Studies
Inhalt: vi
217 S.
ISBN-13: 9781137514783
ISBN-10: 1137514787
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Williams, Joanna
Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Palgrave Critical University Studies
Maße: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Joanna Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,288 kg
Artikel-ID: 104503945
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