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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974886003321

Autore

Castagnera James Ottavio

Titolo

Al-Qaeda Goes to College : Impact of the War on Terror on American Higher Education / / James Ottavio Castagnera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2011

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023

ISBN

9798400608926

9780313364280

0313364281

9780313364297

031336429X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

379.73

Soggetti

Education

Higher & further education, tertiary education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The enemy within?: Al Qaeda's academic sympathizers -- Domestic terrorists (I): the crazies -- Domestic terrorists (II): the animal advocates -- With friends like these: government regulation of academia -- Raiders of the lost relics -- Counter-terrorism is big business on college campuses -- The Saudi Arabian windfall -- Anthropologists go to war -- Conclusion: summing up: far more wins than losses for our industry.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the first book-length treatment of how the 9/11 attacks and the American political scene afterward have affected higher education in this country. It covers topics such as: universities' roles in training counter-terrorism experts, particularly anthropologists working in Iraq and Afghanistan; bio-terrorism research on campuses; inflammatory critiques by the likes of Ward Churchill; the conspiracy theories advocated by some academics regarding 9/11; lawsuits against universities by terror victims trying to get settlements from countries like Iran by seizing archaeological artifacts in American universities; accused Islamists teaching at American colleges, like Sami



al-Arian at USF.