Henry Reichman. Understanding Academic Freedom. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021

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Dmitry Dubrovskiy

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Academic freedom and autonomy have recently become significant topics of scholarly research, with the United States leading in this area. The US has a long-standing tradition of examining academic freedom from legal, sociological, and ethical perspectives. In the past few years, several monographs dedicated to this issue have been published, including works by Joan Wallach Scott (2019b) and Henry Reichman. Reichman’s 2019 book, The Future of Academic Freedom, addresses various contentious issues related to academic rights and freedoms in the US. In the foreword to the book, Scott notes that Reichman warns of serious dangers threatening academic freedom: “It’s an urgent call to stop the destruction” (Scott 2019a:13). Finally, in a recent book, Daniel Gordon (2022) explores the history of the academic freedom in the US since 1915.


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Dubrovskiy, D. (2025). Henry Reichman. Understanding Academic Freedom. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research, 16(3), 157–160. Retrieved from https://www.soclabo.org/index.php/laboratorium/article/view/1577
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Vol. 16 No. 3 (2024): Reconceptualizing Academic Freedom: Inside and Outside Perspectives
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Book Reviews
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Dmitry Dubrovskiy

Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University

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