Williams, Joanna
Academic freedom in an age of conformity : confronting the fear of knowledge Joanna Williams - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2016. - vi, 217 p. ; 22 cm. - Palgrave critical university studies .
Part I. Academic freedom then and now: Free to be critical -- Conformity in the academy -- Part II. Knowledge in the disciplines: Criticality within the disciplines -- Disciplines under attack -- Part III. Beyond criticism: Uncritical theory -- The impact of feminism -- From academic freedom to academic justice.
Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge and is a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
9781137514783
Academic freedom
Conformity
Intellectual freedom
378 WI AC
Academic freedom in an age of conformity : confronting the fear of knowledge Joanna Williams - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2016. - vi, 217 p. ; 22 cm. - Palgrave critical university studies .
Part I. Academic freedom then and now: Free to be critical -- Conformity in the academy -- Part II. Knowledge in the disciplines: Criticality within the disciplines -- Disciplines under attack -- Part III. Beyond criticism: Uncritical theory -- The impact of feminism -- From academic freedom to academic justice.
Universities, once at the forefront of campaigns for intellectual liberty, are now bastions of conformity. This provocative book traces the demise of academic freedom within the context of changing ideas about the purpose of the university and the nature of knowledge and is a passionate call to arms for the power of academic thought today.
9781137514783
Academic freedom
Conformity
Intellectual freedom
378 WI AC