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En/En. Tegen ideologische begrenzing van academische vrijheid
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Filosofie & Praktijk, Volume 44, Issue 1, May 2023, p. 32 - 49
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- 01 May 2023
Abstract
Abstract
In 2021 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen, KNAW) published the report “Academic Freedom in the Netherlands”. That report explicitly creates room for ideological limitations on academic freedom. I argue that this is at odds with the critical nature of science. Ideological limitations at the academy can foster a culture of (self)censorship. Not just among individual researchers, but also at a more systemic level. The core of my argument is that ideology and science can coexist (and/and), but that ideological limitation ought not to exist (and/or).
© Jonathan Soeharno
Keyword(s):
academic freedom;
cancel culture;
critical theory;
identity politics;
ideology;
objectivity;
social justice.