Refusing Moral Panics/Defending Education and the Right to Protest

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Publication date 21-11-2024
Publisher Diggit Magazine
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract Invoking “indications” of “pro-Palestinian violence”, Dutch authorities partially succeeded in demobilizing a national protest against the severe higher education budget cuts. According to Sarah Bracke, this is not an isolated incident. Throughout history and around the globe, far-right political positions are shaped by anti-intellectualism and invested in curtailing educational institutions. And moral panics — in this case “pro-Palestinian violence” — are always used in the process.

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Language English
Published at https://www.diggitmagazine.com/refusing-moral-panicsdefending-education-and-right-protest
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