Academia, Activism, and Imprisoned Intellectuals

Academia often prides itself on being a site in which love, rage, or their symbiotic relationship do not dare to assert themselves, to proclaim and set a standard for communication, community, intellectual inquiry, or ethical and political action. As academics and activists, authors share a desire f...

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Main Author: James, Joy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Social justice
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 3-7
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Activism
Activists
Activists > United States
Civil Rights
Human rights movements
Intellectuals
Intellectuals > United States
Political Participation
Political prisoners
Prisoners
Symbiosis (Psychology)
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Summary:Academia often prides itself on being a site in which love, rage, or their symbiotic relationship do not dare to assert themselves, to proclaim and set a standard for communication, community, intellectual inquiry, or ethical and political action. As academics and activists, authors share a desire for learning, for encounters that lead to greater ethical and political agency, a passion for freedom. Daily, more political resisters and prisoners emerge in opposition to the U.S. wars, mass detentions and deportations and diminished civil liberties.