Academic Freedom after September 11 Beshara Doumani (Editor)
Publisher: Zone Books
ISBN: 1890951617
DDC: 378.1213
Edition: Paperback; 2006-03-10
Summary:
Are the attacks on academic freedom after 9/11 a passing storm, or do
they represent a structural shift that undermines one of the pillars
of democratic societies? This book brings together some of this
nation's leading scholars to analyze the challenges to academic
freedom posed by post-9/11 political interventions and the
market-driven commercialization of knowledge, examining these issues
in light of the major transformations in the system of higher
education since the Second World War, including conflicting
interpretations of what constitutes academic freedom. Following an
analysis of the historical significance of the post-9/11 threats to
academic freedom, three strongly argued and not easily reconcilable
essays by Robert Post, Judith Butler, and Philippa Strum discuss what
visions of academic freedom can be defended and the best strategies
for doing so. Three case studies--Kathleen J. Frydl on the
loyalty-oath and free-speech controversies at the University of
California, Amy Newhall on the tortured relationship between
universities and the government as seen in language acquisition
programs, and Joel Beinin on the policing of thought in the academy
in relation to the Middle East--deepen our understanding of what is
at stake. In clear and powerful prose, these essays provide a solid
platform for informed classroom and public discussions on the
philosophical foundations, institutional practices, and political
dimensions of academic freedom on the threshold of the twenty-first
century.
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