Title Knowledge, power, and academic freedom / Joan Wallach Scott

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (171 pages) Series The Wellek Library Lectures Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine. 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource, title from digital title page (Ebook Central, viewed on April 30, 2020) Subject Academic freedom -- United States Learning and scholarship -- United States Higher education and state -- United States Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States EDUCATION -- History. Academic freedom Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives Higher education and state Learning and scholarship United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780231548939 0231548931

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