The Ethics of Academic Practice in a Postmodern Era.

Brown, Richard Harvey; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ520812

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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The Ethics of Academic Practice in a Postmodern Era.

Brown, Richard Harvey; And Others

American Behavioral Scientist, v38 n7 p957-62 Jun-Jul 1995

Questions how academia can continue to engage in knowledge production without producing and legitimating dominant discourses. Maintains that academia must accept that individuals live in a time of multiple perspectives, an absence of embracing consensus, and the deconstruction of any absolute or foundational principles of truth. (MJP)

Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Educational Environment, Elitism, Higher Education, Ideology, Liberalism, Politics of Education, Postmodernism, Social Theories

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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