Acceso usuarios
Raúl Madrid Ramírez
El objetivo de este trabajo es exponer la noción de “libertad de cátedra” que se encuentra formulada en la Declaration de 1915 de la American Asociation of Universitary Professors, cuya importancia radica en la enorme incluencia que ha tenido no sólo en la doctrina norteamericana, sino en la configuración del concepto en los siglos XX y XXI. Se analiza específicamente la idea que ésta propone, en cuanto a que la libertad de cátedra es una garantía que sólo puede protegerse adecuafamente en las universidades “públicas”, es decir, aquellas que (aparente o formalmente) no manifiestan un ideario ni suscriben una declaración de principios.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the concept, traits and limits of the “academic freedom”notion, as it is formulated in the American Association of University Professors’(AAUP) 1915 Declaration. The significance of this definition lies in the vast influenceit has had not only in the American doctrine, but also in the shaping of academicfreedom in contemporary debate (20th and 21st centuries). The paper critically analyzesthe thesis proposed by the authors of the 1915 Declaration, according to whichacademic freedom can only be appropriately protected in “public” universities, thatis to say, those supported by the State, since they would be free and (apparently) notbonded to a previous declaration of principles. The conclusion proposed is that thisconception of academic freedom is heir of just one specific methodological idea ofuniversity, being, therefore, problematic to pose it as a general canon.
