{"product_id":"free-speech-and-liberal-education-a-plea-for-intellectual-diversity-and-tolerance-9781948647649","title":"Free Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald Alexander Downs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cato Institute\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Censorship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe status of free speech and academic freedom in the nation's colleges and universities has become an explosive issue. Reports of disruptions and dis-invitations of speakers and a host of new speech-inhibiting policies instituted by campus bureaucracies are now commonplace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics claim that these actions and measures have smothered the open and honest discourse inside and outside of the classroom that is so necessary for a meaningful and vibrant education to take place. Others consider the fears of crisis overblown, discerning the harms as less extensive in the vast domain of higher education than critics acknowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his extensive research, teaching, and practical experience as a free speech and academic freedom leader at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and nation-wide, Donald A. Downs portrays the university as an \"intellectual \u003ci\u003epolis\u003c\/i\u003e\" in which free and honest academic discourse should pervade the campus. His unique approach addresses the experiential, empirical, strategic, and philosophical dimensions at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Speech and Liberal Education: A Plea for Intellectual Diversity and Tolerance\u003c\/i\u003e dissects the nature, extent, and causes of the speech suppression that exists, emphasizing the need for intellectual diversity and how repression often co-exists with counter-forces that need to be energized and mobilized in what Downs portrays as the \"embattled\" status of academic free speech; the character of the harms the new policies and actions pose to liberal education; broader \"structural and societal threats to academic freedom; how to mobilize to protect campus freedom using resources inside and outside of the campus; and, most importantly, why robust free speech and academic freedom are so important to both liberal education and the prospects of liberal democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cato Institute","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45413826953367,"sku":"9781948647649","price":1577.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781948647649.webp?v=1767919468","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/free-speech-and-liberal-education-a-plea-for-intellectual-diversity-and-tolerance-9781948647649","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}