The Job of Professors

Prof. Robert C. Post
Vol. 88, Issue 1
Book Review appears in Issue 1
88 Texas L. Rev. 185 (2009)

Professor Post reviews Stanley Fish’s book, Save the World on Your Own Time.  In this review, Professor Post discusses Fish’s suggestion that professors should only disseminate knowledge and avoid discussing substantive political matters in the classroom.  Post argues that Fish misapprehends both the purpose of higher education—to facilitate students’ intellectual development—and the role of professors in less objective academic disciplines—to study the world in order to produce action.

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