Grieving for Critical Thinking in Dutch Academia

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Description

The onslaught of inhumanities and systematic killing of Palestinians have exposed the hypocrisy embedded in some of Global North higher education institutions once again. So, I write to grieve the death of critical thinking because many higher education institutions and academics have declared neutrality and put critical thinking to its death. They seemingly strive for critical thinking or values such as academic freedom and social justice. However, their commitments to these values peter out when the lives of those not made from Whiteness are rendered disposable by the Zionist military-industrial complex.

Subject

Academic Freedom during the Invasion of Gaza

Period7 May 2024

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Media contributions

  • TitleGrieving for Critical Thinking in Dutch Academia
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletLilith Magazine
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date7/05/24
    DescriptionThe onslaught of inhumanities and systematic killing of Palestinians have exposed the hypocrisy embedded in some of Global North higher education institutions once again. So, I write to grieve the death of critical thinking because many higher education institutions and academics have declared neutrality and put critical thinking to its death. They seemingly strive for critical thinking or values such as academic freedom and social justice. However, their commitments to these values peter out when the lives of those not made from Whiteness are rendered disposable by the Zionist military-industrial complex.
    Producer/AuthorYounes Saramifar
    URLhttps://www.lilithmag.nl/blog/2024/5/7/grieving-for-critical-thinking-in-the-dutch-academia
    PersonsYounes Saramifar