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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1. VerfasserIn: James, Joy (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2003, Band: 30, Heft: 2, Seiten: 3-7
Online Zugang: Volltext (Verlag)
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Schlagwörter:
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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Zusammenfassung: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.