What concept did Harold Innis vehemently defend?
Independence of universities
Compulsory education
Free speech
Right to privacy
Answer
Harold Innis believed that universities should be independent of both the government and private interests. He argued that universities should be free to pursue their own research interests and to teach students without being influenced by external pressures. Innis believed that this independence was essential for the preservation of academic freedom and for the production of high-quality scholarship.
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