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876627
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| Main Entry
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Scott, Joan Wallach
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| Title & Author
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Knowledge, power, and academic freedom /\ Joan Wallach Scott
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, [2019]
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| Series Statement
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The Wellek Library Lectures
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (171 pages)
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| ISBN
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0231548931
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: 9780231548939
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0231190468
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9780231190466
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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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.
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Academic freedom-- United States.
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Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives-- United States.
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Higher education and state-- United States.
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Learning and scholarship-- United States.
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Academic freedom.
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EDUCATION-- History.
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Education, Higher-- Aims and objectives.
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Higher education and state.
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Learning and scholarship.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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378.1/213
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| LC Classification
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LC72.2.S38 2019eb
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