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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
C. Books
Author WILLIAMS, Joanna
Title Academic freedom in an age of conformity : confronting the fear of knowledge / Joanna Williams
Publisher New York : Palgrave, 2016
Collation 217 S.
Publication year 2016
Series (Palgrave critical university studies)
ISBN 978-1-137-51478-3
Inventory number 79224
Keywords Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre ; Informationsgesellschaft / Wissensgesellschaft ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Wissenschaft : Interdisziplinarität
Abstract 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. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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