Name: Academic Freedom in the European Context
ISBN: 978-3-030-86931-1

Editors:

Ivo De Gennaro⁰,
Hannes Hofmeister¹,
Ralf Lüfter²

Ivo De Gennaro
1. Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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Hannes Hofmeister
1. Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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Ralf Lüfter
1. Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
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Explores academic freedom in a European context
Draws on philosophical and legal perspectives
Questions the purpose of science and academia without freedom

Part of the book series: Palgrave Critical University Studies (PCU)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxv

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Philosophical Perspectives
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Time and Value
  
  Gino Zaccaria
  
  Pages 3-19
3. Abolition of Time, Alienation from Truth, and the Heteronomy of Academia
  
  Ivo De Gennaro
  
  Pages 21-53
4. Academic Freedom: To what End? Notes on the Ethical Dimension of Scholarship
  
  Ralf Lüfter
  
  Pages 55-74
5. A Knowledge-Based Conception of Academic Freedom
  
  Pascal Engel
  
  Pages 75-93
6. Anonymity as a Threat to Academic Freedom
  
  Maurizio Borghi
  
  Pages 95-116
7. Autonomy for Whom? Governance of What? The Rationality of Academic Freedom
  
  Sharon Rider
  
  Pages 117-148
Legal Perspectives
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 149-149
  
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2. Freedom of Research in Austria
  
  Magdalena Pöschl
  
  Pages 151-186
3. Freedom of Science in Germany: Constitutional Guarantee and Current Hazard Situation
  
  Christian Hillgruber
  
  Pages 187-203
4. Academic Freedom in France: A Concept Neglected and Liberties under Threat
  
  Olivier Beaud
  
  Pages 205-240
5. Academic Freedom from the Perspective of the United Kingdom
  
  Belen Olmos Giupponi
  
  Pages 241-257
6. The Darkest Hour: Private Information Control and the End of Democratic Science
  
  Roberto Caso
  
  Pages 259-288
7. The Protection of Scientific Freedom Under the European Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Critical Analysis
  
  Hannes Hofmeister
  
  Pages 289-322
Institutional Perspectives
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 323-323
  
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2. Academic Freedom Versus Institutional Evaluation of Research
  
  Susanna Terracini
  
  Pages 325-332
3. State-fostered Immaturity? Kant, Galileo, and the Grand Evaluator
  
  Giuseppe De Nicolao
  
  Pages 333-349
Back Matter

Pages 351-356

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About this book

This book explores the concept of academic freedom from a European vantage point. Drawing on both philosophical and legal perspectives, the editors and contributors analyse the concept of academic freedom within the present institutional setting. Academic freedom has long been considered a natural part of higher education, but as the world enters the digital age, a renewed understanding of its role and the threats it must face is required. The authors question the purpose of science without freedom, and subsequently the purpose of political communities without free science. Although the book uses European case studies to answer these questions, it undoubtedly has global relevance: what would be left of the present notion of the ‘global world’ were we to conceive of its character without modern science? This book calls for a critical re-examination of the academic community and its own understanding of the sources, conditions and aims of scientific practice.

Keywords

Academic freedom
higher education and censorship
academic excellence
higher education governance
research assessment
academic rationalism
academic autonomy
democratic science

Editors and Affiliations

Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

Ivo De Gennaro, Hannes Hofmeister, Ralf Lüfter

About the editors

Ivo De Gennaro is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Hannes Hofmeister is Assistant Professor of European Law at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Ralf Lüfter is Assistant Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Academic Freedom in the European Context
Book Subtitle: Legal, Philosophical and Institutional Perspectives
Editors: Ivo De Gennaro, Hannes Hofmeister, Ralf Lüfter
Series Title: Palgrave Critical University Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86931-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86930-4Published: 13 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86933-5Published: 14 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86931-1Published: 12 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-7329
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 356
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Administration, Organization and Leadership

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

Front Matter

Philosophical Perspectives

Front Matter

Legal Perspectives

Front Matter

Institutional Perspectives

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

Faculty of Economics & Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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