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Dangerous professors : academic freedom and the national security campus / Malini Johar Schueller and Ashley Dawson, editors.

Van Pelt Library LC72.2 .D36 2009
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Schueller, Malini Johar, 1957-
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Academic freedom--United States.
Academic freedom.
United States.
Academic freedom--Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
viii, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]
Summary:
Through various examinations of past and current threats to academic freedom, Dangerous Professors investigates the status of such freedom in the aftermath of 9/11. Bringing together scholars in literature, law, and American Studies, the collection of essays seeks to understand academic freedom in historical perspective by focusing on the key documents that have defined its current meaning, and then to analyze the ways in which this concept protects but also limits critical voices on campus. Including essays from academics (Ward Churchill and Robert Jensen) who have been directly involved in recent controversies about academic freedom, Dangerous Professors provides a timely and critical look at the battle over educational curricula and institutions today.
Contents:
Academic Freedom: Contexts and Histories / Ashley Dawson, Malini Johar Schueller I
Theorizing Academic Freedom: Issues and Contentions
On Weakened Ground: The AAUP and the Future of Academic Freedom / Cary Nelson 29
Free Speech versus Academic Freedom / Robert M. O'Neil 51
Academic Freedom: What Is It About? / R. Radhakrishnan 64
The Culture Wars: From the Cold War to Neocon Surveillance
Fragile Promises: Academic Freedom at the City University of New York / Stephen Leberstein 83
Blacklist Redux: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Price of Academic Freedom / Bill V. Mullen 99
Area Studies and Multicultural Imperialism: The Project of Decolonizing Knowledge / Malini Johar Schueller 121
Legislating and Deregulating American Studies post-9/11 / Sophia McClemnen, EPluribus Unum, Ex Uno Plura 145
Academic Freedom and the Corporate University
Oppressive Pedagogy: Some Reflections on Campus Democracy / Vijay Prashad 175
Whose Right to Decide? Union Busting at NYU and the Future of Campus Governance / Susan Valentine, Michael Palm 187
Reflections on Academic Freedom and University, Inc.: An Interview / Ashley Dawson, Malini Johar Schueller, Andrew Ross 209
Columbia versus America: Area Studies, Academic Freedom, and Contingent Labor in the Contemporary Academy / Ashley Dawson 226
Case Studies
The Myth of Academic Freedom: Personal Experiences of Liberal Principle in a Neoconservative Era (Sketches from a Work in Progress) / Ward Churchill 253
Academic Freedom on the Rock / Robert Jensen 291.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780472070633
0472070630
9780472050635
047205063X
OCLC:
302387388

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