Academic freedom in an age of conformity : confronting the fear of knowledge
By: Williams, Joanna
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BookSeries: Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2016.Description: vi, 217 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781137514783Subject(s): Academic freedom | Conformity | Intellectual freedomDDC classification: 378 WI AC Online resources: Location Map
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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.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 378 WI AC (Browse shelf) | Available | T0010545 |
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| 378 SU CC Success in higher education | 378 TO WA Toward a global autonomous university / | 378 WH LA Language teaching : | 378 WI AC Academic freedom in an age of conformity : | 378 WI CO Consuming higher education : | 378.001 BA BE Being a university / | 378.001 IN TE Integrating practice-based experiences into higher education |
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.