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Flat White

Escaping the academic inquisition

17 November 2018

4:18 PM

17 November 2018

4:18 PM

That we have ever come – or, rather, come back – to this point again is the sad indictment of the intellectual climate throughout Western academia:

An international group of university researchers is planning a new journal which will allow articles on sensitive debates to be written under pseudonyms.

They feel free intellectual discussion on tough issues is being hampered by a culture of fear and self-censorship.

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