Are the attacks on academic freedom after 9/11 a passing storm, or dothey represent a structural shift that undermines one of the pillars of democraticsocieties? This book brings together some of this nation's leading scholars toanalyze the challenges to academic freedom posed by post-9/11 politicalinterventions and the market-driven commercialization of knowledge, examining theseissues in light of the major transformations in the system of higher education sincethe Second World War, including conflicting interpretations of what constitutesacademic freedom.Following an analysis of the historical significance of thepost-9/11 threats to academic freedom, three strongly argued and not easilyreconcilable essays by Robert Post, Judith Butler, and Philippa Strum discuss whatvisions of academic freedom can be defended and the best strategies for doing so.Three case studies--Kathleen J. Frydl on the loyalty-oath and free-speechcontroversies at the University of California, Amy Newhall on the torturedrelationship between universities and the government as seen in language acquisitionprograms, and Joel Beinin on the policing of thought in the academy in relation tothe Middle East--deepen our understanding of what is at stake.In clear and powerfulprose, these essays provide a solid platform for informed classroom and publicdiscussions on the philosophical foundations, institutional practices, and politicaldimensions of academic freedom on the threshold of the twenty-firstcentury.