Knowledge, power, and academic freedom /

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 crit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, Joan Wallach (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Colección:Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.
Temas:
Academic freedom > United States.
Learning and scholarship > United States.
Higher education and state > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Liberté de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Savoir et érudition > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > History.
Academic freedom.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Higher education and state.
Learning and scholarship.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (171 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780231548939
0231548931

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