Wissenschaftsfreiheit

In the last decade, a growing divide has opened up at universities in terms of how academic freedom is valued and defined. On the one hand, there are those for whom academic freedom is a fundamental individual right that is generally worth protecting. On the other hand, there are those who place ideological restrictions on the protection of research and teaching. In particular, university members who adhere to the tenets of identity politics often resort to moral discrediting, social exclusion and institutional punishment in order to impose their world views on others. This volume analyses the manifestations and consequences of this politicised and moralised approach to research and teaching.

With contributions by
Russell A. Berman, Christian von Coelln, Michael Esfeld, Marie-Luisa Frick, Barbara Holland-Cunz, Sandra Kostner, Stefan Luft, Arne Pautsch, Inken Prohl, Richard Traunmüller, Vojin Saša Vukadinović and Alexander Zinn.