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The Post-9/11 Militarization of Higher Education and Popular Culture of Depravity: Threats to Future of American Democracy [1]
['Henry Giroux', 'Jody', 'Yagil Levy', 'Ayse Gul Altinay', 'Catherine Lutz', 'Robin Andersen', 'E. Wayne Ross', 'Nancy Taber', 'John Martino', 'Patrick Deer']
Date: 2012-01-01
Professor Robert Putnam opened his presidential address at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in 2002 by stating that “the health of the […] Association and of [the] discipline is excellent” (Putnam, 2003, p.249). However, Putnam did not limit his argument to a health diagnosis. He also asked his colleagues to think about their professional responsibility. He claimed that “an important and underappreciated part of our professional responsibility is to engage with our fellow citizens in deliberation about their political concerns, broadly defined” (ibid.) I would like to echo his words by arguing that scholars studying the relations between the military and society should do more to contribute to public life, not necessarily by solving problems and answering questions but by framing new questions and highlighting aspects of the relations between the military and society that have been ignored. This commitment is relevant now more than ever. The period be...
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