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Open Access EbpS |
| Summary |
This book explores the history of the debate, from 1915 to the present, about the meaning of academic freedom, particularly as concerns political activism on the college campus. The book introduces readers to the origins of the modern research university in the United States, the professionalization of the role of the university teacher, and the rise of alternative conceptions of academic freedom challenging the professional model and radicalizing the image of the university. Leading thinkers on the subject of academic freedom--Arthur Lovejoy, Angela Davis, Alexander Meiklejohn, Edward W. Said, among others--spring to life. What is the relationship between freedom of speech and academic freedom? Should communists be allowed to teach? What constitutes unacceptable political "indoctrination" in the classroom? What are the implications for academic freedom of creating Black Studies and Women's Studies departments? Do academic boycotts, such as those directed against Israel, violate the spirit of academic freedom? The book provides the context for these debates. Instead of opining as a judge, the author discloses the legal, philosophical, political, and semantic disagreements in each controversy. The book will appeal to readers across the social sciences and humanities with interests in scholarly freedom and academic life. |
| Biography |
Daniel Gordon is a Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA and Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Society. He received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago and a Master of the Study of Law degree from the Yale Law School. He is the author of Citizens Without Sovereignty: Equality and Sociability in French Thought, 1670-1789 (Princeton University Press, 1994), the editor of The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville (Anthem Press, 2019), and the author of many articles on free speech and religious freedom in France and the United States. |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1 The Firing of Angela Davis; 2 Absolute Meiklejohn; 3 Indoctrination: From Lovejoy to Foucault by Way of Black Studies; 4 Eminent Conversions: 1990s-Present; 5 Israel, BDS, and Academic Freedom; 6 In Lieu of a Conclusion: An Unpublished Speech on Academic Freedom by Edward W. Said |
| Local Note |
Taylor and Francis Taylor and Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Academic freedom -- United States.
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College teaching -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- History.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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Academic freedom. (OCoLC)fst00794987
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College teaching -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00868213
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
(OCoLC)fst00903015
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Universities and colleges. (OCoLC)fst01161597
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0367511711 9780367511715 0367511703 9780367511708 (OCoLC)1304399949 |
| ISBN |
9781003052685 (electronic bk.) |
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1003052681 (electronic bk.) |
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9781000647761 (electronic bk.) |
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1000647765 (electronic bk.) |
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9781000647693 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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1000647692 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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0367511711 |
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9780367511715 |
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0367511703 |
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9780367511708 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9781003052685 doi |
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