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English & Comparative Literature Department

Abstract

As criticism continues to mount over Israel's violation of Palestinian human rights and of international law, campaigns to silence and repress those who speak out against Israeli apartheid have grown alarmingly.

Steven Salaita believes deeply in the idea of education for improvement – not merely economic improvement, but psychological, intellectual, spiritual, and ethical, as well. We cannot undertake this task in environments in which unpopular or unorthodox ideas are banished. The basic goal of a critical education is to vitiate the sacrosanct and demythologize the consecrated. We do this by fighting. No theory is worth anything if it doesn’t put us in a better position to eradicate injustice. No pedagogy is worth employing if it doesn’t help students understand the transformative potential of theory. Insofar as the corporate university treats justice as a threat to brand equity, we must then seek the eradication of the corporate university.

Publication Date

2017

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

We Will Not Be Silenced The Academic Repression of Israel's Critics

Editors

William I Robinson, Maryam S Griffin

ISBN

9780745399461

Publisher

Pluto Press

City

London

First Page

191

Last Page

205

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