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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816157903321

Autore

Bérubé Michael <1961->

Titolo

It's not free speech : race, democracy, and the future of academic freedom / / Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-4214-4388-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages)

Disciplina

378.12130973

Soggetti

Academic freedom

Teaching, Freedom of

Freedom of speech

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Context culture, or, a few cautionary words concerning the politics of interpretation -- Talking out of school: academic freedom and extramural speech -- What is a firing offense? -- Who's afraid of critical race theory today? -- The limits of academic freedom -- The future of academic freedom.

Sommario/riassunto

"This books takes up the hot-button issues at the intersection of free speech, hate speech, and academic freedom on the contemporary college campus. It questions whether scholarship and "extramural" speech that is deemed racist, homophobic, or sexist should be exempt from the protections of academic freedom and sanctioned on campus"--