LEADER 03946pam a2200517 i 4500001 99111574093506421 005 20240711091531.0 008 180616t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2018026113 020 9780231190466 |q(cloth : alk. paper) 020 0231190468 020 |z9780231548939 (ebook) 035 (NjP)11157409-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11157409 035 (OCoLC)on1035437293 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dERASA |dOCLCF |dTOH |dDYJ 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 LC72.2 |b.S38 2019 082 00 378.1/213 |223 100 1 Scott, Joan Wallach, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85806133 245 10 Knowledge, power, and academic freedom / |cJoan Wallach Scott. 264 1 New York : |bColumbia University Press, |c[2019] 264 4 |c©2019 300 171 pages ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Wellek Library lectures in critical theory 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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. 520 8 Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work. Can academic freedom survive in this environment - and must we rearticulate what academic freedom is for in order to defend it? This book presents a series of essays by the renowned historian Joan Wallach Scott that explore the history and theory of academic freedom and the value of critical inquiry today. Scott considers the contradictions in the concept of academic freedom through examinations of the relationship between state power and higher education, the differences between the First Amendment right of free speech and the guarantee of academic freedom, and, in response to recent campus controversies, the politics of civility. The book concludes with an interview with Bill Moyers in which Scott discusses the personal experiences that have informed her views. Academic freedom is an aspiration, Scott holds: Its implementation always falls short of its promise, but it is essential as an ideal of ethical practice. Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom is both a nuanced reflection on the tensions within one of academia's cherished concepts and a strong defense of the importance of critical scholarship for the preservation of democracy against the anti-intellectualism of figures from Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump. 650 0 Academic freedom |zUnited States. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100497 650 0 Learning and scholarship |zUnited States. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106876 650 0 Higher education and state |zUnited States. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105610 650 0 Education, Higher |xAims and objectives |zUnited States. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102756 650 7 Academic freedom. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00794987 650 7 Education, Higher |xAims and objectives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00903015 650 7 Higher education and state. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00956548 650 7 Learning and scholarship. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00994857 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 830 0 Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine 852 0 |bf |hLC72.2 |i.S38 2019 902 yj |bs |6a |7m |dv |f1 |e20190318 904 yj |ba |hm |cb |e20190318 914 (OCoLC)on1035437293 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240710 |eprocessed |f1035437293