{"product_id":"scholarship-and-freedom-geoffrey-galt-harpham-9780674245013","title":"Scholarship and Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and original argument that the practice of scholarship is grounded in the concept of radical freedom, beginning with the freedoms of inquiry, thought, and expression.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy are scholars and scholarship invariably distrusted and attacked by authoritarian regimes? Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that at its core, scholarship is informed by an emancipatory agenda based on a permanent openness to the new, an unlimited responsiveness to evidence, and a commitment to conversion. At the same time, however, scholarship involves its own forms of authority. As a worldly practice, it is a struggle for dominance without end as scholars try to disprove the claims of others, establish new versions of the truth, and seek disciples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eScholarship and Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e threads its general arguments through examinations of the careers of three scholars: W. E. B. Du Bois, who serves as an example of scholarly character formation; South African Bernard Lategan, whose New Testament studies became entangled on both sides of his country's battles over apartheid; and Linda Nochlin, whose essay \"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?\" virtually created the field of feminist art history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Galt Harpham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674245016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674245013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 4.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Geoffrey Galt Harpham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054606381311,"sku":"9780674245013","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82dd62e0-3bad-4a6b-a02c-4ad3822ca1a5.jpg?v=1685030925","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scholarship-and-freedom-geoffrey-galt-harpham-9780674245013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}