Publication

2007-05-30 - Praeger Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007008456
  • LibraryThing4121615
  • Goodreads708133

Classifications

  • LCCLC72.2 .J64 2007
  • DDC378.1/21

Description

"This book is about people whose ideological circumstances have found them opposing established beliefs in our times - scholars advocating the Palestinian cause in a very hostile environment, for example, as well as climate scientists defending themselves against the de-funding of their laboratories by defenders of fossil-fuel interests; opponents of "creation science" under assault for teaching what once was regarded as household-variety biology (a.k.a. Darwinism); Marxists in a political system dominated by neoconservatives. The central thesis that unites this diverse array of controversies is that shutting down free inquiry - most notably for points of view deemed unpopular - "dumbs" us all down by restraining the search for knowledge, which demands open inquiry."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Silenced!: Academic Freedom, Scientific Inquiry, and the First Amendment under Siege in AmericaHardcoverPraeger Publishers2007-05-30

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