The Cold War and the University — Universities as Perception Infrastructure (Audio)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores The Cold War and the University (edited by André Schiffrin) as a systems-level analysis of how Cold War-era funding, institutional prestige, and career risk shaped what counted as legitimate research—and what kinds of dissent were quietly filtered out.
By focusing on patterns rather than individuals, this episode explains why the “freedom” of a university can coexist with structural steering: incentives select the questions, and the disciplines adapt.
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