In 1951, a twenty-five-year-old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the?extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude" that prevailed at his alma mater. The book, God and Man at Yale, rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Bu…
The conservative's early views on the quality of education and religion at Yale.
The conservative's early views on the quality of education and religion at Yale.
How free are students and teachers to express unpopular ideas in public schools and universities? Not free enough, the author suggests. Wading without hesitation into some of the most contentious issues of our times, she investigates battles over a wide range of topics that have…
How free are students and teachers to express unpopular ideas in public schools and universities? Not free enough, the author suggests. Wading without hesitation into some of the most contentious issues of our times, she investigates battles over a wide range of topics that have…
"This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The chapters explore how these values mutually reinforce or conflict with one another, in both historical and contemporary contexts. The cont…
Science, freedom, democracy : introduction / Péter Hartl and Adam Tamas Tuboly -- Michael Polanyi's post-critical vision of science and society / Phil Mullins -- The ethos of science and central planning : Merton and Michael Polanyi on the autonomy of science / Péter Hartl -- Sc…
"This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The chapters explore how these values mutually reinforce or conflict with one another, in both historical and contemporary contexts. The cont…
"With contributions from six leading scientific countries of the Global North and from the general European Higher Education Area, this book questions the predominant view on academic freedom and pleads for a holistic approach. While academic freedom has been a top agenda point …
