What Campus Conservatives Can Learn From Albert Einstein
June 12, 2017, Malcolm A. Kline, Leave a comment
Recently on the academe blog maintained by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Hank Reichman ran some thoughts on academic freedom that Albert Einstein delivered more than half a century ago. If Reichman’s hope in doing so was to provide comfort to progressives, the ironic effect is that, although they may have been the target audience in the 1950s, modern-day conservatives, particularly in the academy, are more likely to identify with Einsten’s observations.
“The threat to academic freedom in our time must be seen in the fact that, because of the alleged external danger to our country, freedom of teaching, mutual exchange of opinions and freedom of press and other media of communication are encroached upon or obstructed,” Einstein stated. “This is done by creating a situation in which people feel their economic positions endangered.”
https://www.academia.org/what-campus-conservatives-can-learn-from-albert-einstein/
